Alicia Keys, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta

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  read more... )st the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, smokin' hot vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Joe Carnahan

Release Date: January 26, 2007

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DVD Release Date: April 17, 2007

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  • August 22, 2008
    Many words come to minds when it comes to this movie: sick twisted, violent, and very funny.
  • October 19, 2009
    It's one wildly entertaining and original thriller. Its an intense, hard-core, explosive, gritty, brutally shocking and a red-hot pshycho rollar-coaster ride. Smart, stylish, original, frequently funny and totally over the top. Filled with explosive action and mind-blowing suspen...( read more)se that will knock you out. An energetic bloodbath that just keeps getting better. A fantastic cast of first-rate talents. Jeremy Piven is electrifying. Ryan Reynolds is a pure knockout. Andy Garcia is teriffic. The cast is outstanding. Riveting and exhilerating. A pure guilty pleasure. An awsome adreniline-rush. It has surprising human effection. Director, Joe Carnahan has taken his style in directing to create a high-octane, barrels blazing classic with a rythem all of it's own. It thrives on chaos like Tony Scott's Domino or Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers.
  • September 14, 2009
    This film has genuine moments of greatness in it. Unfortunately It also has moments of crap in it. Half the cast are fantastic, the other half are not. Carnahan just gets away with a pretty good film!
  • August 10, 2009
    This battle of FBI, bounty hunters and professional killers for the life of an important witness is as wild and entertaining as it sounds and the trailer promises. The colliding characters are colorful, fun and interesting and the body count doesn't necessarily take the order one...( read more) would expect, considering some of the big names entering this contest. Fans of "Lost" should watch out for a very interesting pairing, for example. The fact that this movie doesn't care who is expected to make it out alive may be too much to stomach for some viewers but is actually part of the charm. It's everything but predictable and the action, while being comic-esque and over the top at times, kicks in pretty well. Although the movie doesn't take itself too seriously (but could have spared us the karate kid) the tone gets rather serious in the end and even gives us a nice little "Usual suspects" twist. Cool!
  • February 25, 2009
    Bon ... idées confuses. Tant de bons et de mauvais points! Début trop rapide. Trop d'informations pour très peu de temps. Manque peut-être un peu d'introduction au tout, mais tout début. On embarque directement dans l'histoire, il manque quelque chose.

    Chaque groupe a leur pers...( read more)onnalité, excellent. J'ai été déçu d'en voir une éliminée dès le début. Reste maintenant qu'à faire vos paris!

    Sinon, la fin est assez longue, bien détaillés, j'adore! Complètement inattendue. L'intrigue au beau milieu de fusils et de sang, Génial! Avoir eu plus d'introduction et un début plus long pour nous aider à mieux comprendre, ce film allait chercher une étoile de plus.

    Les 2 femmes sont canons, de vrai bombes. Le sniper, d'enfer. De la puissance, oufff.

    J'aurai aimé avoir la traduction française écrite dans la version DVD.

    P.S.: Lâchez la voix française de John Travolta. Laissez à John Travolta ce qui reviens à John Travolta. Merci!
  • October 30, 2009
    The ending was one in which it was a ending that was good. This is a non-simple, ultimate brain buster-of a rubik's cube-Guy Film.
  • October 14, 2009
    Could have been at least an average action flic, but the part I really didn't like was what part of the FBI handbook says if you're being shot at by a sniper from an unknown location, you randomly shoot out the window? Of course there were other unrealistic parts, but the others ...( read more)I could accept as part of maintaining the action in the movie.... Blindly shooting out the window was just idiotic. The ending was also uninspiring. It seems rather idiotic to have an unstable FBI agent alone in the hospital room with those at least indirectly responsible for what happened to his partner.
  • October 13, 2009
    ridiculously cool and engaging this is what artistic cinema should always be like as it is enjoyable for those looking for a deep meanin and a mainstream audience also . The soundtrack is suitbale, the characters are stereotyped but this works thnaks to the scale of the piece and...( read more) variation of the characters present. The action is exciting and the comedic elements enjoyable also.The casting is terrific and the film does not dissapoint , forget tarrantino this is what indie film is about. See this film before you die !
  • October 9, 2009
    aside from jason bateman's funny bit, this film is flimsy and full of shit. It's as if the writer decided to knock out a Pulp Fiction type movie in an afternoon.
  • October 7, 2009
    what do we get when different styles are combined: Ritchie, Tarantino or Scorsese? Ah: A hot mess!
    The story is just stupidly complicated: on the head of an Las Vegas entertainer, Buddy Israel ( Jeremy Piven) is put a reward by the Mafia. The rest of the movie is about how a l...( read more)arge number of hit men tries to kill him and how the police tries to prevent them from doing so.
    The end is just idiotic, there a twist which left me cold, the acting is just funny because is that bad, Jeremy Piven is O.K., and Ryan Reynolds just tries to hard to show the world he can act, well, I wasn't impress.

Critic Reviews


September 22, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today

It wants to be a Tarantino-esque dark comedy about gun-slinging, substance-abusing lowlifes. But instead it's a convoluted, slap-happy, humorless bloodfest. full review

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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Comments


  • perfectgentlemn
    September 10, 2008
    Great Crime Action Movie, very good. Worth a watch ;-) Enjoy.
  • mprasad35
    July 9, 2008
    intriguing story... A treat to watch..like the end the most.. Ryan reynolds looks gr8
  • FLEADOM
    April 30, 2008
    i 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!
    love it!
  • johnyaz69
    September 4, 2007
    freakin' awesome!
  • TheLostBrotha
    August 13, 2007
    Matthew Fox is awesome in it lol!!!!!
  • p45cool
    August 2, 2007
    Totally awesome!! It is indeed started off slow..But yea...Try to keepin' up and you'll like it..
  • jdonohue316
    July 24, 2007
    Sweet movie, I think Jeremy Piven did a great job.
  • StreetXbraT
    June 11, 2007
    AWSOOOOOOOMMMMEEEEE..........FreKin AWSOMMM.......
  • robinson0778
    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.
  • wchire
    June 3, 2007
    This 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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