Cast: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Jack McGee, Sam Golzari, Josh Gad, Helen Carey, Jack Gilpin
Release date: 28 March 2008 USA
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Sony Pictures Releasing, Columbia Pictures
Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever.
The true story of the very brightest young minds in the country - and how they took Vegas for millions.
Ben Campbell is a shy, brilliant M.I.T. student who, needing to pay school tuition, finds the answers in the cards. He is recruited to join a group of the school's most gifted students that heads to Vegas every weekend armed with fake identities and the know-how to turn the odds at blackjack in their favor.
With unorthodox math professor and stats genius Micky Rosa leading the way, they've cracked the code. By counting cards and employing an intricate system of signals, the team can beat the casinos big time.
Seduced by the money, the Vegas lifestyle, and by his smart and sexy teammate, Jill Taylor, Ben begins to push the limits. Though counting cards isn't illegal, the stakes are high, and the challenge becomes not only keeping the numbers straight, but staying one step ahead of the casinos' menacing enforcer: Cole Williams.
