Movie Review: 21

The week’s biggest release is the No.1 American box office hit 21. This isn’t the fourteenth sequel to Seven, or an early film in the epic series that finished with 2001, but a Vegas-based gambling about six young maths geniuses who used their numerical prowess to score big on Vegas’s blackjack tables. Although supposedly based on a true story, this tale has been seriously Hollywoodised, with hunky maths geeks, gorgeous maths girls, cheesy romantic subplots and sleazy college professors who look a lot like Kevin Spacey.