All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2014
Country: USA
Runtime: 123 min
Languages: English
Director: Robert Luketic
Tagline: Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever.
Writers: Peter Steinfeld (screenplay), Allan Loeb (screenplay), 1 credit »
Cast: Jim Sturgess … Ben
Kevin Spacey … Micky Rosa
Kate Bosworth … Jill
Aaron Yoo … Choi
Liza Lapira … Kianna
Jacob Pitts … Fisher
Laurence Fishburne … Cole Williams
Jack McGee … Terry
Josh Gad … Miles
Sam Golzari … Cam
Helen Carey … Ellen Campbell
Jack Gilpin … Bob Phillips
Donna Lows … Planet Hollywood Dealer
Butch Williams … Planet Hollywood Dealer
Ben Campbell … Planet Hollywood Dealer Jeff (as Jeffrey Ma)
Plot: Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa into a small but secretive club of five. Students Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa of the skill of card counting at blackjack. Intrigued by the desire to make money, Ben joins his new friends on secret weekend trips to Las Vegas where, using their skills of code talk and hand signals, they have Ben make hundreds of thousands of dollars in winning blackjack at casino after casino. Ben only wants to make enough money for the tuition to Harvard and then back out. But as fellow card counter, Jill Taylor, predicts, Ben becomes corrupted by greed … Written by matt-282
