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Smokin' Aces (2006) -- When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel (Piven) decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
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Smokin' Aces (2006) -- When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel (Piven) decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   51,242 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Joe Carnahan (written by)
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Release Date:
26 January 2007 (USA) more
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Tagline:
May the best hitman win. more
Plot:
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing. full summary | full synopsis
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4 wins more
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Smokin' Aces Shoots Up to Blu-ray on January 19, 2010
 (From MovieWeb. 6 November 2009, 9:13 AM, PST)

Smokin' Aces Targets Blu-ray
 (From TheHDRoom. 2 November 2009, 6:41 AM, PST)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mi$e à prix (France)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some nudity and drug use.
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109 min | USA:108 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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The FBI helicopter is registration N350SC and is the same helicopter that is used to deliver Nelly Furtado to the rooftop in her video "Say it Right". more
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Factual errors: When Agent Messner unloads his duty weapon in the hospital, he ejects a live round. The sound of the round hitting the floor, though, is that of empty brass. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Donald Carruthers: You've got to be careful when doing your stakeouts. I did one for... I was on one for six months. I gained, like, 20, 25 pounds. You keep eating this crap...
Richard Messner: Well, that's not my problem, though. I don't gain weight. I tried.
Donald Carruthers: That's 'cause your 12 years old.
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Segura O Sambura more

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27 out of 37 people found the following comment useful.
Roller Coaster Ride, 9 August 2007
Author: JoeytheBrit from www.moviemoviesite.com

For the most part, this movie is like a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride: enthralling – almost exhilarating at times – while you're on it, but when you get off the memories are overshadowed by a bleeding nose, a pounding head and an aching hand from clutching the safety rail too tight. It isn't great movie-making, that's for sure, but neither is it holding itself out to be. It wants to be a fun ride, one that carries the viewer along and leaves them with no time to consider the inconsistencies until it has dumped them at the other end.

The first 10 minutes is all exposition, delivered at a breakneck pace that leaves your head spinning, but it's important to pay attention because the twist at the end (and it is, admittedly both a simultaneously outrageous and lame twist) is directly related to the information imparted in this opening sequence. We are introduced to a host of bizarre characters, seemingly culled from the likes of Mad Max, 60s spy spoofs, Goodfella-wannabes, and characters that Tarantino discarded because they just weren't quirky enough. It could all seem over-derivative, but the film somehow manages to pulse with its own manic brand of energy that sets it apart from most other films it might you remind you of.

Writer director Joe Carnahan injects some snappy one-liners amongst what passes for hip slang these days, and creates some unique characters – one can only wonder from where he dreamed up the hyperactive kung-fu kid with attitude who's dad has 'got some clarity issues. Did some home invasion, sodomy-torture type stuff, wrote a lot of bad cheques'. And while the pathos for which he reaches in the final reel isn't quite within his grasp, the finale is still just about strong enough to keep from letting the rest of the film down.

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