High school students get a kick out of this real-life tale about a bunch of M.I.T.’s math students and engineers taking up blackjack under the guidance of an eccentric mastermind. In less than two years they take some of the world’s most sophisticated casinos for more than three million dollars by counting cards. But their success also brings with it the formidable ire of casino owners and launches them into the seedy underworld of corporate Vegas with its private investigators and other violent heavies.