Alicia Keys,
Andy Garcia,
Ray Liotta,
Ben Affleck,
Brian Bloom
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In these interlocking tales of high stakes and low lifes, Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel--a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence again...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007
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August 22, 2008Many words come to minds when it comes to this movie: sick twisted, violent, and very funny.
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January 24, 2010Excellent orginal movie with a nice twist; had to re-watch this the other day to view the sequal lol
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January 24, 2010If you want a Shoot-em up movie this one is it. Quite alot of familiar faces which is cool, & unlike other movies that have major star power (or even just alot of minor star power) this is actually decent. i wasn't bored watching. The action is intense you could probabably watch...( read more)
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January 10, 2010It's one wildly entertaining and original thriller. Its an intense, hard-core, explosive, gritty, brutally shocking and a red-hot psycho roller-coaster ride. Smart, stylish, original, frequently funny and totally over the top. Filled with explosive action and mind-blowing suspens...( read more)
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December 11, 2009Smokin' Aces is not such a bad film. Its got violence, double crossing, and the mob. Only just the fact that I've seen it all before and the end cascaded like any other thriller with a twist that you didnt expect. Now had the things I expected happened it may have been better. If...( read more)
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February 6, 2010I Loved It!!!
Amazing Shoot Up Movie with an Amazing Cast!!
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February 5, 2010Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Peter Berg, Jeremy Piven, Alicia Keys, Common, Andy Garcia, Brian Bloom, Jason Bateman, Taraji Henson, Chris Pine, Kevin Derand, Maury Sterling, Matthew Fox
DIRECTED BY: Joe Carnahan
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January 25, 2010The fight scenes are cool, but I didn't like that it was often boring and near impossible to follow.
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January 23, 2010Here is how this rating is... The action was heart pounding, the neat ways things got done was quite unique, but in the end, the story was confusing, the acting was so/so and the harsh language was WAY excessive.
5 stars given for neat idea of a movie
2.5 stars lost for excessi...( read more)
Critic Reviews
September 22, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
January 30, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Did Carnahan think these sickening scenes would give Smokin' Aces a moral complexity that's generally absent from this genre? I think they make the picture seem even more morally bankrupt. full review
January 26, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
One wild super-kinetic ride. It's Oceans 11 meets Pulp Fiction and sooooooo much more. full review
January 26, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Smokin Aces is a Viagra suppository for compulsive action fetishists and a movie that may not only be dumb in itself, but also the cause of dumbness in others. full review
January 26, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Carnahan creates a spectacle of nihilism, with a number of scenes of carnage, including a shootout in an elevator. This vision is no mere gesture, as it is for, say, Guy Ritchie. full review
January 26, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
If you're fond of the old 'Is he dead yet' gimmick, there are lots of those. full review
January 26, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
It's ludicrous, but not as ludicrous as the ending -- an exhausting game of Twister that'll leave you feeling stupid or cheated or both. full review
January 26, 2007
Kurt Loder, MTV
There are way too many characters to keep track of, they're too cartoonish to care about, and the plot is madly baroque in a most wearisome way. full review
January 25, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
But Smokin' Aces is all pumped up with no place to go, and the crashing letdown, as the rush fades and the ammo shells lie spent across the screen, is heavy indeed. full review
January 25, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Best consumed with pizza and lots of brewskis, Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces is shamelessly and unapologetically a guy movie. full review
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July 9, 2008intriguing story... A treat to watch..like the end the most.. Ryan reynolds looks gr8
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April 30, 2008i have a bigggg crush on kevin durand
he plays jeeves tremor
the tremor brothers are awsome!!!
love this movie
10/10 and 5 star's
most hottest movie i have seen!
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August 2, 2007Totally awesome!! It is indeed started off slow..But yea...Try to keepin' up and you'll like it..
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June 7, 2007
This movie was great. I spent all my time trying to figure out how the assassins were going to get in that I didn't even think about the bigger picture of the FBI agent.
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June 3, 2007This film starts out kind of slow yet interesting, then becomes quite intriguing with it's several colorful competing factions and independent characters. (Ryan Reynolds continues to shine).
The movie continues to build on that notion, further developing it's key characters and showcasing some kick-ass action sequences. All is great until the very forced and completely obvious flawed ending. I don't want to give away the ending, however if you do see this movie, ask yourself "If this case is SO important, Where are the guards? And more importantly why in the hell did Andy Garcia's character just walk away?" These are inexcusably forced plot points that are even evident in it's first viewing.
Poor endings ruin good movies...period!!
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