Act III: Ben has one last chance. He makes up with Micky and Girl, and the team reunites for one last Big Score in Vegas. Everything works out exactly as the screenwriters have planned. The End.
Meanwhile, British actor Sturgess (Across the Universe, The Other Boleyn Girl) gets to play an American with traces of a peculiar accent (based on Jeff Ma, a Chinese-American who was called Kevin Lewis in the book); Spacey gets to alternate his slick good-cop schtick (LA Confidential) with his steely bad-cop schtick (Swimming With Sharks); director Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, Monster-in-Law) gets to direct another picture; and Bosworth gets to wear some wigs.
Watch for the moment when somebody obviously pulls a punch. If you hadn’t figured out the rest of the movie by then, it gives away the whole thing.
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