Film by the numbers. A group of too cool for the room MIT students uses their smarts to con millions out of Vegas. Sounds like an interesting concept for a low impact movie, right? What we get is a very conventional film that fails to impress. The direction by Robert Luketic (Monster-in-Law) is rudimentary in his approach and has created a remarkably bland work. There is never any question which path the story will take. There’s no invention, no surprises just narrative tumblers all falling as expected. It is all very comfortable and ultimately boring. Kevin Spacey fronts the cast and never shakes the feeling that he’s slumming for a buck. He produced this slab of blah, so I’m not sure why he didn’t secure a more adventurous director. Don’t bother with this one, life is too short for boring movies.


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