Today, let's talk about one of the most popular topics of the people: gambling.
Movie: Blackjack English Name: 21
Blackjack, also known as Black Jack, originated in France and has spread all over the world. Blackjack can now be seen in casinos all over the world, and with the development of the Internet, blackjack has begun to move towards the Internet age. The game is played by 2 to 6 people and uses 52 cards except the big and small kings. The player's goal is to make the sum of the cards in his hand not exceed 21 and be as large as possible. Have a long history.
The Chinese people's love for gambling movies is well-known and famous in the world. Don't you see Wang Jingsang taking out the God of Gambler's cold rice to fry it every year, and he can make a lot of money. This shows that gambling has a solid foundation among the people. Not to mention one billion people and 900 million hemp, the number of people who fight landlords online, play mahjong, and play blackjack every day is an astronomical number. In everyone's mind, the big winner who swept the casino is the brilliant image of Chow Yun-fat's God of Gamblers. That's just a character made up in movies and TV dramas for everyone to be obsessed with. Those who really roam the casino are those who you can definitely take a look at. Ordinary people without any impression, they are extremely low-key, and the last thing they want is to be famous.
There was once a group of math geniuses with high IQ who relied on mathematical calculations to kill all sides in the major casinos in Las Vegas, the United States, and then retreated completely. Their lives were written into novels and adapted into movies. It's "Blackjack 21".
The film is directed by Robert Luketic and stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, and Kate Bosworth. Released in the United States on March 28, 2008, the story tells the story of several students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with extraordinary IQs who, under the guidance of a notorious professor, developed a kind of "remembering". poker" talent and raked in millions of dollars at the blackjack tables in Las Vegas casinos.
The world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a holy place for students and scientific geniuses. As a freshman who is fortunate enough to study here, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) naturally has his own specialties. Indeed, Campbell's extraordinary mathematical skills began to emerge shortly after he entered MIT.
Mickey Rossa (Kevin Spacey), who teaches mathematics theory at the academy, sees the young man at first sight and is full of confidence in his bright future.
After a brief contact, Professor Rosa introduced the mathematical genius to several other mathematicians he had carefully cultivated, and invited him to join a team led by Rosa, led by Jill (Kate Bosworth), Fei She (Jacob Peters) and other math geniuses formed a "special team", specializing in the popular "blackjack" game in casinos.
Using their cutting-edge knowledge and operations of mathematics, under the guidance of experienced Professor Rosa, they can easily deal with various situations that may arise in the "Blackjack" game, and finally ensure a high-frequency winning record.
Afterwards, after some careful preparation and training, Rosa dressed up with a few top math students, and took advantage of the school vacation time to play frantically in the festive Las Vegas city of Las Vegas they were all familiar with "21 o'clock". In the end, he won more than three million dollars.
However, just as young people are looking forward to a bright future, casino investigator Cole Williams (Lawrence Fishburne), who has long been suspicious of their "strike streak", has been watching closely. Got on them and started a full investigation trail.
Moreover, because Jill's hot head did not gamble according to the established plan, it also put the entire team in danger. Professor Rosa showed a very different face than before. In the face of various threats, the students in the card counting group were able to fully And back out? Movies will give you unexpected surprises!
"Blackjack" is based on Ben Mezrich's bestselling novel "Bringing Down the House," which is inspired by a true story and features a young Chinese-American Kevin Ma . The prototype of Campbell in this film is Ma Kaiwen, who is known as the Chinese God of Gamblers.
In 1994, Kevin Ma, a third-year Chinese student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, originally planned to enter medical school to continue his studies after graduation, because a friend invited him to join the "MIT Blackjack" club by chance. After that, Kevin Ma and his teammates brought hundreds of thousands of dollars in and out of the casino in Las Vegas many times, winning a total of about 5 million US dollars from the casino, and Kevin Ma himself won 1 million US dollars. In the end, it was also on the "blacklist" of the casino city of Las Vegas, and was permanently rejected by the casino.
The character prototype of the film's protagonist Ben Campbell, Ma Kaiwen, served as an on-the-spot guide and cameo as a casino dealer during the filming.
The most eye-catching part of the film is naturally these "high-tech" talents who used to make a lot of casinos. Now they are not only still alive, but all of them are living very wonderfully. Although they are no longer allowed to enter the casino to gamble, they almost all start their new lives with the dollars they won at the beginning. This legendary true story itself It's very attractive, and everyone who dreams of getting rich overnight will be interested in how they can trick the highly skilled casino security guards into winning the casino big bucks time and time again. Therefore, the film has a good box office in North America, and it is a gambling theme that has not been seen for a long time, which makes the audience flock to it.
Although a lot of space is used in the film to describe how the card counting team can win blackjack by calculating the probability, please believe me, you cannot learn this trick in the film. For safety reasons, the director deliberately The specific process and methods of card counting are blurred, and card counting itself requires extremely talented mathematical minds. We ordinary people can see it very lively, and this road to becoming rich will not work.
The film used a large number of young actors. At that time, Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, etc. were all newcomers. Only Oscar winner Kevin Spacey was a big name. He played Professor Rosa, who was usually quite low-key , In fact, he is black-bellied and shrewd, and he always looks like he has a heart in his chest. When he speaks harshly, he looks like President Xiamu in "House of Cards". It seems that Kevin has long been pondering the path of the black-bellied president. .
Of course, in terms of the quality of the film itself, it cannot be regarded as a masterpiece. Director Robert Luketick is a good at shooting romantic films. When it comes to this kind of gambling film that is both thriller, crime and a little romantic, just I can't hold it anymore, I feel that there are so many things I want to express, but I can't express them all due to the time limit, so the overall effect is a bit embarrassing. Of course, as an entertainment film, it is still qualified, but if you look for bugs carefully, there are still quite a few. The reason why I recommend this film is because gambling films are the favorite of Chinese people, and we are not like other people who have casinos to enjoy it. Therefore, based on the principle of in-depth exposure and criticism of the corrupt and depraved way of life of capitalism, this film is still worth watching. Look, take a good look at how these young people got lost in the festivities of Las Vegas.
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