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MC-SMOKIN ACES (DVD) (MOVIE CASH)-NLA |  | Studio: Universal
Category: DVD
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Rating:  136 reviews
Sales Rank: 180433
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD61105230D
UPC: 025195043038
EAN: 0025195043038
ASIN: B0017R1EB4
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Product Description
Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/03/2008 Run time: 106 minutes Rating: R
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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 Gaita
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 Smokin' Aces Blu Ray Review March 8, 2010
The Evil Dr J (Australia)
Picture quality is very good although very stylised (blown-out contrast and lurid colours) though I'm sure that's exactly how it was intended by the director. Sound is great (go the .50 cal.!). Very happy with the purchase. 8/10
Smokin' Aces on Blu Ray March 6, 2010
Lou Scrobogna (sunbury, victoria Australia)
Saw Smokin' Aces when first released on DVD & didn't mind it back than thought it was a good show and now even better on Blu Ray with a Clearer Picture & Sound with a good cast sence of humour and Action not everyones kinda movie four out of five .
 Smokin Aces Blue-ray January 27, 2010
Kenneth J. Mccormick
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked the movie, buy many have said it was far too violent, including some of my friends.
Ken
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Slick and bloody action (plus John Cale & Alicia Keys) January 20, 2010
J. Nichols (NorthEastUSA)
This decent flick deserves at least 3 stars for the fast paced and bloody action. It is light, fun and does not seem to take itself too seriously. I gave it an additional star just for the use of John Cale's Big White Cloud and the casting of the scrumptious Alicia Keys.
 Not An Original Idea In The Entire Movie January 16, 2010
YJM (Somewhere In The South)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
So I have very little to add to the other excellent one star reviews so I'm going to keep it short. I just caught this movie recently on USA and it's so derivative and unoriginal it becomes a game figuring what various movies the director stole from while watching. The plot is confusing as well, with the movie going by so fast you don't learn much about any single character and thus make zero emotional attachment to any of them. Without that attachment to any one character the thought process becomes, "Not only is this movie difficult to follow but I could care less who lives or dies."
That last sentence brings me to another point, the guy who everyone is gunning for is reprehensible. He is such an unlikeable character you hope someone offs him good. I'm not sure if the Director's intention was to have the audience hate this guy, but if so he did a great job. When you hope the main character of the movie dies when the plot predicates he lives, that is not a good sign. No, and Smokin' Aces is not a good movie either, it's actually a bad movie with lots of wasted talent. In the hands of someone like Tarantino this movie could have been something, as it is you feel like you're watching a Tarantino knockoff, and a bad one at that.
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