History Film / TwentyOne

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Professor Rosa, who has stolen money from Cole Williams from card-counting that he got thrown out, as well as pulling the strings on his Blackjack team and even keeping Ben from graduating. Rosa has karma finally catch up to him when it turns out he never payed taxes on his winnings, and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck he is about pummeled by the security chief he affected the most.]]]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Professor Rosa, who has stolen money from Cole Williams from card-counting that he got thrown out, as well as pulling the strings on his Blackjack team and even keeping Ben from graduating. Rosa meets his end when it turns he never payed taxes on his winnings, and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck realizes he is about pummeled by the security chief he affected the most.]]]]

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: [[spoiler:Rosa, when he is about face brutal beating by Williams. [[KickTheSonOfABitch Not like he had it coming though.]]]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Professor Rosa, who has stolen money from Cole Williams from card-counting that he got thrown out, as well as pulling the strings on his Blackjack team and even keeping Ben from graduating. Rosa meets his end when it turns he never payed taxes on his winnings, and [[ThisIsGinnaSuck realizes he is about pummeled by the security chief he affected the most.]]

* HollywoodNerd: Most of the cast, but especially Kate Bosworth's character.

VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory, namely the book ''Bringing Down the House'', this 2008 movie is about a bunch of MIT students (played by Creator/JimSturgess, Creator/KateBosworth, Aaron Yoo, Liza Lapira, and Jacob Pitts) who go to UsefulNotes/LasVegas and make a lot of money via card counting.

* KleptomaniacHero: Choi is a loyal enough friend and portrayed sympathetically but he has StickyFingers, stealing hotel accessories despite the thousands their making at the tables.

Features supporting turns from Kevin Spacey as their math professor, whose approach to things is '''''WRONG'''''[[note]] OK, that's the obligatory ''{{Superman}}'' joke done)[[/note]] and Creator/LaurenceFishburne as a casino security officer.

* {{Adorkable}}: Ben. He's painfully shy, timid, and naive as well as very good looking.

* DoubleCaper

--> ''Miles'': Because I'm already dating someone.
--> ''Cam'': Yeah, your right hand doesn't count, Miles.

* DrinkOrder: The team members are told by their coach to order tonic waters with lime, so that the security personnel watching the cameras won't notice that they aren't drinking any alcohol.

Not to be confused with the GameShow ''Series/TwentyOne''.

* InMediasRes: The film starts with the climatic last game, and then flashes back to tell the story.

VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory, namely the book ''Bringing Down the House'', this 2008 movie is about a bunch of MIT students who go to UsefulNotes/LasVegas and make a lot of money via card counting.

Features supporting turns from Kevin Spacey as their math professor, whose approach to things is '''''WRONG'''''[[note]] OK, that's the obligatory ''{{Superman}}'' joke done)[[/note]] and Laurence Fishburne as a casino security officer.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied. "I do have a girlfriend!" "Your right arm doesn't count!"

-->''"Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner!"''

VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory, namely the book ''Bringing Down The House'', this 2008 movie is about a bunch of MIT students who go to UsefulNotes/LasVegas and make a lot of money via card counting.

* FixingTheGame: This is a film entirely about counting cards. They also did that in RealLife. The consequences are exaggerated in the film.

* GameShowProblem: And not the one where a GameShow occupies this title in the Main space...

* TheMontyHallProblem: Which the movie gets completely wrong. A student says that it doesn't matter if Monty only offers the switch when you pick the correct door, and the teacher says that's the right answer. In fact, if Monty only offers the switch when you pick the correct door, switching gives you a 100% chance of picking a goat.

* [[spoiler: SecretTest]]: [[spoiler: Ben's first time using the system in a live setting is simply a test to make sure he can correctly keep count even under extreme duress.]]

VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory, namely the book ''Bringing Down The House'', this 2008 movie is about a bunch of MIT students who go to Vegas and make a lot of money via card counting.

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Features supporting turns from Kevin Spacey as their maths professor, whose approach to things is '''''WRONG'''''[[note]] OK, that's the obligatory ''{{Superman}}'' joke done)[[/note]] and Laurence Fishburne as a casino security officer.

* LectureAsExposition: Kevin Spacey is playing an MIT professor after all.

Not to be confused with the GameShow ''[[TwentyOne 21]]''.

* FakeAmerican: Jim Sturgess' efforts are...ropey.

* FanNickname: See how many people remember Choi as anything besides the 'Klepto Guy'.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[ManOfSteel Perry White]] is doing all the he can to capture [[SupermanReturns Lex Luthor and Lois Lane]].