Blackjack is a very entertaining card game, and that is why it can be found not only in casinos but also many other spheres of our life. Blackjack for fun is not a myth, it is a reality. We talk about cinematography here: many films have been produced about gambling in general and blackjack in particular. Some of them are good blackjack guides (they teach the audience to understand blackjack perfectly), and other ones just show us various blackjack tournaments and their winners.
But the most blackjack films are entertaining! When we watch them we do not think about strategies, rules and systems of the game; we just sit in our arm-chairs and take a pleasure from watching a really interesting movie.
This film is a drama which is based on true events and tells about card counting strategy and the MIT blackjack team which was the real gurus of this technique. Kevin Spacey plays the role of the math professor who brings the group of his students to Las Vegas to try card counting at blackjack tables.
This film is not about gambling itself but it can boast with one of the most popular gambling scene. Charlie (Tom Cruise) takes his brother Raymond to a casino for him to use card counting and win big money. The scene itself is very dramatic though it does not show the right method of card counting to the audience.
This comedy film tells about 4 friends which decide to visit Las Vegas before one friend's wedding. Alan reads the blackjack book and decides to go to a casino in order to win money using the option of hitting. His friends stay indifferent to this idea and card counting in general.
Clive Owen plays the main role here: he is the writer who decides to become a blackjack croupier in order to make ends meet. The audience observes his work and life. The most interesting scene of the movie is when he comes to a casino and has to show all his skills at dealing, counting, stacking chips etc.
The blackjack dealer is not the main character of this film but he accompanies main heroes - Harold Benson and Bonita Friml - during their trip through the USA. This dealer (Willie) is jinxed by Harold, so he can not lose Willie. Finally, Willie and Bonita fall in love and everything ends in a good way.
This is a documentary film which aim is to show gamblers the advantage play. David Layton talks with professional blackjack players, authors and casino employees who teach the audience how to play blackjack and use card counting in particular.
This film reminds "21" somehow and seems that "21" was the remake of The Last Casino: one old teacher decides to teach his 3 students to use card counting for playing and winning blackjack. These guys agree to go to the biggest casinos in order to get the sum of money needed for a payment of their teacher's debt.
This James Bond movie shows us Agent 007 being the gambler of blackjack. He comes to a casino in order to play blackjack for $250 000. This casino's owner is a well-known drug baron (his role is played by Robert Davi). Timothy Dalton played the role of James Bond in this popular movie.