Smokin' Aces

Smokin' Aces

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Smokin' Aces

Alicia Keys, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Brian Bloom, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, Peter Berg, Ryan Reynolds, Sharon Bruneau, Martin Henderson, Kevin Durand, Common

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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  • 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.

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