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 Smokin' Aces (DVD)
Description: Genre: Crime & Thriller - Thriller / Actors: Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia ... / DVD released 07 May, 2007 at Universal ... more  Smokin' Aces (DVD) ... Pictures UK / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, PAL / A frantic and frequently amusing cocktail of Tarantino cool and Hong Kong bullet ballet, Joe (Narc) Carnahan's Smokin' Aces delivers some inspired moments of action and dark comedy in its dizzying-comic book plot about a rogue's gallery of killers on the hunt for a mob informer. At the core of Carnahan's bloody shaggy-dog tale is Buddy Israel (Jeremy Piven, offering a more desperate take on his standard hustler persona), a Vegas magician who's turned informant against the mobsters who have treated him as their personal entertainment. Wishing to close Buddy's overactive mouth permanently, the mob capo puts a bounty on the two-bit showman's head, and a horde of hitmen descends on Buddy's digs to claim the prize. The unholy crew of gunmen offer the movie's most inspired (and outlandish) moments, with R&B singer Alicia Keys (as a cool, Foxy Brown-esque assassin), Nestor Carbonell (as a torture-minded sadist), Ben Affleck and Peter Berg (low-key bail bondsmen) and Chris Pine (the leader of a trio of semi-savage brothers) among the more memorable villains. Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, and Andy Garcia represent the other side of the coin as FBI agents determined to get to Buddy before the legion of doom, and the clashes between both factions produce some eye-popping gunplay. If there's any complaint to be made about Smokin' Aces, it's that the tone shifts between action-drama and hipster comedy feel forced (Carnahan struck a firmer balance between the two in his 1998 indie effort, Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane), but the performances and shootout set pieces, as well as Carnahan's hyperactive camera work, do much to make those transitions palatable. Eagle-eyed audience members will note the presence veteran scene stealers Curtis Armstrong (Ray), David Proval (The Sopranos), and Alex Rocco (The Godfather's Moe Green) in supporting roles. -- Paul GaitaNewest Review: ... did watch it i found it to very hectic, and that there was too much going on. The story of multiple assassins sounded great ... more ... but there just are too many of them, and some of the characters are very extreme. The blood thirsty group of assassins are way to outrageously psychotic to still be out in the world as assassins.
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Good points about this film is that its got some great action sequences, and has some great gun action in it. There are some great actors in this film including Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, Andy Garcia and many more.
(Bad Points)
The main bad points about this film is that its just a bit too long, a...more |
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Smokin' Aces (DVD): Guns At The Ready (799 words)
by topsyturvy - written on 22.03.08 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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It's been a few weeks since I have had time to watch any films but since it is the Easter holidays for me I have had a bit more time to watch some films. My friends are always giving me DVD's when they are finished with them that they will no longer watch so among this pile was the film 'Smokin' Aces'. I had heard of this being advertised a year ago and I remember hearing that Ben Affleck was in it but at the time I didn't remember it really getting that great reviews which is why I never saw it at the cinema. However, having been given the DVD I decided this was no excuse to not watch it so I took a chance and put it on. The plot is based around a plot to ...
Smokin'...Carnahan? (1400 words)
by shaneo632 - written on 26.03.08 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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Also appears at Freeola, cheers. Let me begin by saying that my overview of the film would be that it's one that is extremely flawed, and mildly entertaining rather than the exciting amalgamation of hilarity and carnage that myself, and I'm sure many others, were hoping for. The basic set up, as I'm sure many of you know, is that a loser magician named Buddy "Aces" Israel has turned informant against the Mob (who are actually referred to as "La Cosa Nostra", their real name, which is a rarity in film), and so the leader of the mob places a million dollar bounty on his head. And so we have a fleet of money-hungry assassins ...
Smokin' Aces (DVD): More Taglatelli than Tarantino... (1155 words)
by thedevilinme - written on 31.01.08 (Very useful, 102 readings)
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Smokin` Aces could well have been last years Revolver, a cluttered comedy crime thriller of the occasional cool and clever moment but quite simply over-run by cliché and nonsense, director Joe Canrahan here saved from Guy Ritchie's fete by sticking to a more formulaic narrative to hold it all together. Although the plot and central premise aren't remotely as confusing and pretentious as Riches Spaghetti Junction of a movie this is again an example of how someone in authority on the film (the producer) really needs to get hold of the director and help him with the final edit, and like Revolver, that didn't happen on Smokin Aces, director Carnahan unwilling to let matron ...
Smokin' Aces (DVD) : This film is Smokin'from Ailran
16.06.2007
Smokin' Aces (DVD) : [Film] Eh, F**k Thisfrom Andy.mack
16.05.2007
