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
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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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October 19, 2009It'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)
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September 14, 2009This 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!
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August 10, 2009This 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)
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February 25, 2009Bon ... 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.
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October 30, 2009The 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.
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October 14, 2009Could 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)
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October 13, 2009ridiculously 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)
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October 9, 2009aside 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.
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October 7, 2009what 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)
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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