21 (2008)
Released: March 28, 2008
Director: Robert Luketic
*****
Card counting is not illegal. That point is made several times, quite
pointedly. So when Ben eventually gets found out (please, it´s not a
spoiler…anyone who´s seen a movie knows it´s going to happen) and
subsequently gets beaten up, a thought ran through my head: how is this
legal? It can´t be, quite simply. A law suit would boil down to "he
said, she said" most likely and bring undue media attention to the
participants; as the movie tells us, though, it´s not illegal
to count cards. Holding someone against their will, not to mention
beating them up, has to be. It´s really the one false note in the film.
*****
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