Smokin Aces
Smoking Aces - Directed by Joe Carnahan (The man behind the movie Narc) and starring too many people to count, is the story of a mob hit on a mobster wannabe who is a semi-famous Las Vegas magician. I liked the premise of this movie quite alot. It was a deep twisting storyline, but not so much that the viewer gets lost. You have to pay attention, but its worth it in the end.
Smokin Aces is one of those films that comes along every so often, and draws a huge crowd of talented actors/actresses into it, and you wonder how it will ever manage to pay off its production and talent costs, even if it does very well at the box office. The performances were worth it however. Ray Liotta had a decent part but was under utilized. Ryan Reynolds, however was very good as an FBI agent and Ray Liotta's partner. Other good performances were turned in by Alicia Keys, Nestor Carbonell (Very good, and a bit underutilized!!), and Jason Bateman (same as Carbonell, underutilized). The guys who play the Tremor brothers were a laugh riot. Ben Affleck turns in one of his greatest performances just after getting shot by the Tremors. (Yes, I really mean that.) The central figure of the plot, Buddy "Aces" Israel was played buy one of my favorite actors Jeremy Piven. Piven absolutely steals this show, as he does in most everything he is in. Whats funny is he is almost always the same "kind" of guy. I cant really define it other than that, but its always fun to watch.
The movie flows kind of like Oceans 11, but in a good way. (Oceans 12 sucked out loud, by the way for those few who didn't already waste their money on it)
This movie has some BLOODY scenes, but it wasn't as bad as movies like the Kill Bill series.
Favorite quotes of the movie -
Bernard "Beanie" Alfonso: Damn girl, you just went from Beyoncé to Bigfoot in less than 6 hours.
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: You're looking at me like, like... I just asked you the fucking square root of something.
30 Something White Guy Rating - 4 out of 5 stars
Take your girlfriend/wife, but don't be shocked if she buries her face in your shirt for some of it. Chicks probably wont get this movie, but few of them will give this type a try... Stress the all star cast and you might get her to go see it.
Smoking Aces - Directed by Joe Carnahan (The man behind the movie Narc) and starring too many people to count, is the story of a mob hit on a mobster wannabe who is a semi-famous Las Vegas magician. I liked the premise of this movie quite alot. It was a deep twisting storyline, but not so much that the viewer gets lost. You have to pay attention, but its worth it in the end.
Smokin Aces is one of those films that comes along every so often, and draws a huge crowd of talented actors/actresses into it, and you wonder how it will ever manage to pay off its production and talent costs, even if it does very well at the box office. The performances were worth it however. Ray Liotta had a decent part but was under utilized. Ryan Reynolds, however was very good as an FBI agent and Ray Liotta's partner. Other good performances were turned in by Alicia Keys, Nestor Carbonell (Very good, and a bit underutilized!!), and Jason Bateman (same as Carbonell, underutilized). The guys who play the Tremor brothers were a laugh riot. Ben Affleck turns in one of his greatest performances just after getting shot by the Tremors. (Yes, I really mean that.) The central figure of the plot, Buddy "Aces" Israel was played buy one of my favorite actors Jeremy Piven. Piven absolutely steals this show, as he does in most everything he is in. Whats funny is he is almost always the same "kind" of guy. I cant really define it other than that, but its always fun to watch.
The movie flows kind of like Oceans 11, but in a good way. (Oceans 12 sucked out loud, by the way for those few who didn't already waste their money on it)
This movie has some BLOODY scenes, but it wasn't as bad as movies like the Kill Bill series.
Favorite quotes of the movie -
Bernard "Beanie" Alfonso: Damn girl, you just went from Beyoncé to Bigfoot in less than 6 hours.
Buddy 'Aces' Israel: You're looking at me like, like... I just asked you the fucking square root of something.
30 Something White Guy Rating - 4 out of 5 stars
Take your girlfriend/wife, but don't be shocked if she buries her face in your shirt for some of it. Chicks probably wont get this movie, but few of them will give this type a try... Stress the all star cast and you might get her to go see it.
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