Smokin' Aces

This Movie rocks!!!!! This is pretty much the whole review, the movie is awesome and it rocks!!!

....Ok so maybe you would like to find out why this movie rocks? Here goes!

The movie about a magician working for the mob named Buddy "Aces" Israel, unfortunately he doesn't work the mob anymore as he's become a snitch and decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob. Of course the mob takes this rather harshly and sends out a hit on Israel for One Million Dollars.

Well just about every hitman hears about this, they grab there guns get ready to go to the Hotel where Israel is staying just to be able to blow him away. As much as the plot is simple it's the Hitmen who make this a worthwhile flick as they all have different characters. Alicia Keys shines as Georgia a beautiful yet dangerous killer who is paired with her partner Sharice who has a bit of an eye for Georgia, but stays in the hotel across the road with her huge 50 cal. Sniper rifle. In one scene where georgia signals Sharice to her rescue and you see her firing shots everywhere, all hell breaks loose as you see guys flying here, peoples legs and knees being blowing off it's just pure great fun.But the ones who really cause a scene are the Tremor brothers. These neo-nazi redneck punks who are as insane as they look. They go around killing whoever, whenever. In fact one of the first scenes we catch them in is, while some other hitmen are using a plan they drive up shoot all of them get out and act insane and happy with what they did. The Leader, Darwin goes up and starts playing with one of the corpses, apologizing by mimicing talking to himself while using the corpses mouth. It's a crazy insane scene, that it's also so funny at the same time, you kind of laugh and also realise after on "Jesus, these guys are abunch of lunatics".


While there is a whole slew of other Hitmen going insane entering the Hotel, two FBI agents are trying to hold the place down by protecting it, but when everything comes together and they're in the middle of it all, literally all hell breaks loose, including one of them getting killed in one of the coolest shoot-outs in an elevator ever!

It does take a while for the story to lift off the ground as everything comes together but hey, can't start every movie off with a bang. But once everything starts happening it's a well worth while wait to have watched.
As much as the movie is amazing it has a few flaws. One of the victims that the Tremor brothers shoot up in the beginning named Hollis, survives and take hospice in this crazy lady's house, where she takes care of an annoying little brat named Warren, who is a rapping, martial arts master kid with ADD(I Kid you not). The scenes involving Hollis and Warren are useless and I found took good time away from the movie itself, it doesn't ruin the experience, but it sure is annoying to have in the film.

Though with a few minor flaws aside the movie is excellent everyone plays there part well. Jeremy Piven as Buddy Israel is incredible, he's a drunk, a bit of a jerk and acts like he's god of it all, in some scenes you actually hope someone succeeds in killing him for the way he acts and how he'll do anything to save his own ass, and leave his own friends behind.

Even Lost stars Matthew Fox and Nestor Campbell have small roles, and to the big Lost fans, when they get together and one of them is killed immediately, it should put a smirk on your face. And of course Jason Bateman as the pervert Rip Reed, he's not there for long but makes a pretty good impression as to who he is and what he does.

In conclusion I enjoyed the film from start to finish. It has a great noir feeling to it, and the action is really fast paced and brutal. All the actors even Alicia Keys and Common who prove that even being rappers, you can also be a decent actor or actress. It also has a twist at the end which might make viewers either upset or satisfied with it. But in my opinion take it for what it is, a good throw back to Gangster and Noir films, with a good cutting edge action and brutality and insane scenes that will not be forgotten very soon.