A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.
Charlie opdager ved sin fars død, at han ikke skal arve familieformuen. Overraskelsen bliver ikke mindre, da det viser sig, at arven går til en hidtil ukendt storebror, som oven i købet er autist. Charlie bortfører resolut sin autistiske bror for at få de penge, der tilkommer ham, men mødet med den ukendte bror bringer minder frem, og Charlie undergår en forvandling.
A trio of desperate men are forced to participate in a nightmarish game of blackjack for their souls. The circumstances behind how these fellows wound up in purgatory are revealed in three individual segments: Two vicious hoodlums break into the basement dwelling of an old hermit who isn't nearly as harmless as he appears to be; an unscrupulous entertainment lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he decides to steal several songs from a deceased blues singer; and a young ex-con agrees to help a scuzzy drug dealer rob a pharmaceutical lab in order to save his girlfriend from the clutches of said dope pusher.
A Documentary Movie About Card Counting In The Casino Game of 21. The director used $5,000 of the movie's budget to learn the counting methods, and put them to the test on screen.
Documentary tracing the attempts of a team of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institue students to become rich playing blackjack at casinos throughout the United States and the attempts of the casinos' management to thwart them.
Dan Selig is a bored thirty year-old math wiz who's looking for a way to change his life. His ray of light comes in the form of a curvy blonde named Alicia, who recruits Dan to join her blackjack card counting team for a one night Las Vegas score. Dan accepts the offer and meets Thomas, a Texas cowboy with a violent past. Alicia trains Dan and Thomas in the art of card counting and as the team hits the felt in Sin City, we learn that the perfect crime isn't so perfect. When things go from bad to worse, Dan will find out the hard way that with millions up for grabs, the only question is, who's playing who?
Ben Campell er et matematisk geni. Han vil studere på Harvard, men mangler 300.000 dollars for at betale for studiet. Heldigvis har Bens lærer, den excentriske Mickey, et attraktivt tilbud. Ben kan blive medlem af en lyssky Blackjack-bande. De mangler en til at tælle kort i Vegas, hvor de svindler sig til store summer på deres weekendture. Men Bens møde med livet i Las Vegas er ikke uden nye udfordringer.
De planlagde en polterabend i Las Vegas, som de aldrig ville glemme. Men nu er de nødt til at komme i tanke om, hvad der skete! Hvis baby er det, der ligger i skabet i deres suite på Caesars Palace? Hvordan er der kommet en tiger ud på badeværelset? Hvorfor mangler en af dem en tand? Og vigtigst af alt – hvor er brudgommen?! Det, som fyrene gjorde, mens de festede, er vand ved siden af det, de er nødt til at gøre, da de bliver ædru i denne vanvittige komedie, hvor de må forsøge at komme i tanke om alle deres tåbelige påfund fra aftenen før – ét tåget spor ad gangen. Instruktøren Todd Phillips (Old School) og en flok stjernekomikere giver den hele armen i en række uforudsigelige situationer, som stik imod al logik viser sig at føre dem på rette vej. Snup en enkelt i selskab med The Hangover.
Hele Gerrys (Ben Mendelsohn) liv er blevet ødelagt af hans spilleafhængighed. Han har mistet sin kone og sit barn, og nu kommer han måske til at miste stykker af sig selv, for hans aggressive lånehaj kræver, at der bliver betalt af på gælden. Men så møder Gerry pokerspilleren Curtis (Ryan Reynolds). De bliver venner og beslutter sig for at tage på en tur sammen for at score den helt store gevinst. Instruktørparret Anna Boden og Ryan Fleck stod tidligere bag It's Kind of a Funny Story og Half Nelson.
A young man fueled by the arrogance of his opponent must win a game of blackjack at any cost, even if it means bending the rules.
Samir has to pay his brother's debt by playing poker with the man he owes money to.