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Robert LuketicZdjęcia:
Russell CarpenterMuzyka:
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Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, Laurence Fishburne, Jack McGee, Helen Carey, Jack Gilpin, Billy Silvia (więcej)VOD (4)
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Historia oparta na faktach. Profesor (Kevin Spacey) Instytutu Technologicznego w stanie Massachusetts uczy swoich studentów wykorzystywania matematyki do liczenia kart i innych podobnych sztuczek, pozwalających na wygrywanie fortuny w kasynach Las Vegas. Studenci wykorzystują zdobyte umiejętności. (Imperial Cinepix)
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It’s a solidly made genre film, but it could have been better if 20 minutes had been cut and if a better job had been done with the humor. Kevin Spacey is standard, whilst Jim Sturgess looks to higher ground. The fine work with music and visual flourishes is occasionally smeared by unnecessary CGI, but the result is still a bit better than the most recent Ocean's Eleven. 3 ½.
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This pleasant chill-out movie deservedly became a bigger American box office success than what it strived for. It is a lower-budget version of Ocean’s Eleven, bursting with youthful energy and music, and video-like editing combined with cool songs on the soundtrack. It also offers well-written and portrayed characters plus some kind of a wholesome message. In short, it is a little film worthy of a better three stars.
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A very clever, modern and entertaining thriller for everyone. It features decent dialogue, humour, a quality ensemble cast and decent twists and turns. Lots of fun, I recommend it.
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I love this genre and when someone is good with numbers... and is above average smart, calculating, and uses it to their advantage. Overall though, the film felt too American and dealt with unnecessary human emotions more than the casino. Otherwise, a pleasant diversion...
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Predictable. To make things worse, Sturgess annoyed me the whole time and I wished he'd fall into the depths of hell. Spacey was superb (reminding me of one of my teachers) was Laurence Fishburne. The moralizing at the end was like painted fingernails on a chalkboard, but otherwise it was well shot. Still, the fact remains that there are plenty of better movies about card playing.
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A variations of Ocean’s Eleven with lesser known actors, a more “lovestruck” script, and unlike the mature “old-young” feeling of said film, here we have the aggression and unrestraint of youth. Unfortunately, everything is slightly dampened by the fact that, though the script is efficiently executed and good-looking, and tries to be very cool throughout, which is greatly aided by the city's periphery of lights and casinos, I couldn't resist a certain plot cliché and classically copied values. The question remains as to what extent those things could have been avoided in a story of this caliber.
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Awful America. It tries to look stylish, but that only works occasionally. The games are fine, though really anyone can see through the stale signals in Vegas these days imho (the one with his hands behind his back is really extreme). Moreover, the believability of the situation isn't helped by the details that during the last bout the heroes put on fake beards and wigs, the kind of cut that only wigs are, and that means professional disguises for everyone. Not to mention the fact that the first thing the main character does when she takes off that wig to escape from security is to run through her hair as she runs so as to be properly fetching, and the heroine then easily outruns the jacked up athletes in stiletto heels in stride. I don't think I can buy that. The nothing new final twist just adds more weight to the question: "Why don't we just watch an installment of Ocean's Eleven?"
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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. If you're good at math, what will you do in Vegas? Probably count cards. But Ben is definitely not the type who came up with this idea. The real creator of the idea is his teacher. He puts together a group of people who would go into the business with blackjack, which could help them earn a fortune. Ben doesn't want to at first, but then he gets into it. He's really good at numbers. So good that you'll be amazed. But then the movie takes a turn and it becomes repetitive. We're in Vegas, they win, then they have fun, argue, and cause problems for each other. Sometimes there needs to be a disaster, sometimes something has to go wrong. Of course, that also happens. "21" is quite an interesting film that has the motto of two interesting characters. Actually, three. The first is the character of Ben, played by Jim Sturgess, one of the most promising young actors today. Well, young, he's already over thirty. His teacher and the man behind the whole plan is played by Kevin Spacey, who is rarely disappointing. And I must not forget about Laurence Fishburne, who also did a great job playing one of the casino security men. He's the guy who makes sure the cards aren't counted and that everyone plays by the rules, and the casinos make a lot of money. The scheme is therefore absolutely clear. A good boy who transforms from a nerd into a fighter, a man who stands on the side of the law or at least on a side similar to justice, and of course, the brain behind it all, who may not have such pure intentions as one would think. It's actually just another movie about redemption, which requires going through pain and loss. It's not that terrifying because in the end, honor and justice prevail. If it wasn't so fairytale-like in the end, the film would have a much better impact because at times it has a good pace, although after a while you feel like you're just watching the same thing. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/12/wtc-yes-man-mary-max-zambezia-cerna.html
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The film is, of course, terribly superficial, and as superficial as it gets. The eye-pleasing cinematography and dynamic editing, combined with the seemingly "geeky" plot, are obviously meant to evoke a sense of well combined form and content, and to some extent it succeeds; the film has momentum, the cinematography is modern in the purest sense, and what is very colorful or very expressive is captured right from several angles. Even though my review is largely negative, I certainly didn't have a bad impression from the film, the actors were more than good, a minor amount of psychology was also present, and overall I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. I was perhaps expecting something a little more subtle, some more escalated relationship between the characters themselves, but as I say – the result is good and the film as a whole is definitely worth watching. At least because it's still a pretty interesting topic. :) 3.5 stars
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