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A MIT student, desperate to earn money for Harvard Med School, joins an exclusive “club” that spends their weekends in Vegas counting cards and winning at black jack.

I went into this movie expecting an Ocean’s 11esque type movie. The young geniuses taking down the big bad casinos for the greater good of education…yeah not so. Not only is this not a young version of Ocean’s 11. It’s not even a fresh version of The Sting. The plot is slow and predictable and about an hour into it you will find yourself somewhat bored. Kevin Spacey was great as the devious professor but totally underused.

** Rentable

Rated PG-13 (for thematic elements)