Another high-IQ crime

Evan 2022-04-23 07:01:32

The 2008 film "21" was recommended to watch four years later.
Let me talk about it in general first, I will divide this film into three parts. The first part is very good. First of all, because the material is very novel, I prefer this kind of use of high IQ to commit crimes or make inventions and creations that benefit mankind. It is very unique, just like "The Social Network" in 2011, although it is documentary Yes, but people with high IQs will never get bored when they do things. I believe that everyone wants to experience the feeling of winning thousands of miles away from strategizing strategies. Since our IQs cannot be changed, then in a virtual movie We can be anyone in the world.
The second part is simply the biggest failure of this film. It's a clichéd plot, and it feels a bit like an anticlimactic mid-section. Maybe it's because I've watched a lot of American films recently, and found that almost two-thirds of American films are the same. In the bridge section, the protagonist is mediocre at first, then climax, then the lowest valley, and finally becomes famous. The more I see it, the more tired I feel. It was originally a good material, but the brilliance it should have been overshadowed by such a rotten plot all over the street.
Skip the second part, if you can insist on watching the third part, which is the final ending, will you feel that this movie was made by the same director? The ending is great! When people thought that the students and professors were working together again, they didn't expect that the villains would be rewarded in the end. The two swaps of chips were unexpected, and at the end it turned out to be a flashback statement. The two best friends also joined the card counting team. The ranks, I think this is the plot that most people didn't expect, and the ending is good!
Hong Kong, China has also made movies similar to gambling games, but they are all made in the form of comedy. I think it is a good attempt to make it into the theme of high IQ and gambling crime.

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Extended Reading

21 quotes

  • [Micky gives Jill her fake ID for the Vegas casinos]

    Jill Taylor: Uh, I don't like my name.

    Micky Rosa: Why not?

    Jill Taylor: 'Sierra Sommers.' Do I look like a Sierra?

    Micky Rosa: Well, you have a lot of clever outfits. You'll figure it out.

    Kianna: Just pretend you don't speak English. Then you don't have to change your hair.

  • [Micky talks to the team one last time before they play the Vegas casinos]

    Micky Rosa: At all times, you don't know each other. Let me say that again, you do not... know each other... ever. Oh, and what's our motto?

    Jill Taylor: Don't get caught counting.

    Fisher: Don't get caught counting.

    Kianna: Don't get caught counting.

    Micky Rosa: Thank you very much.