Even before I watched this trailer, I knew that 21, the fact-based story of a bunch of MIT students who card-counted their way through Vegas, was going to be a SEE IT for me. For two reasons.

First off, I recently returned from a fairly brutal trip to Vegas, and I love the idea of watching a bunch of college-kids take the casinos for a heap of money.

And secondly, I read the book that this movie is based on (Bringing Down the House), and even though the book was written pretty poorly, the story itself was so good that it didn’t really matter. And with that in mind, I figure that even if this movie isn’t made particularly well, it’s still going to be a fun flick to watch.

Luckily, from the looks of this trailer, it does look like the film was made pretty well. First off, it’s both action-packed and sexually charged, which means that the filmmakers took enough creative liberties in telling this “fact-based” story to ensure that the movie will be even more entertaining than the book. And secondly, even though I’m not a huge fan of this Jim Sturgess guy, I love the idea of seeing both Kevin Spacey and Laurence Fishburne in the same movie.

Like I said, I’m definitely going to see 21 in the theaters. I just hope it doesn’t get me so pumped up that I go back to Vegas and try to win back all the money I recently lost.

21 is rated R and opens March 28. (Official Site)