Smokin' Aces
That being said, somebody has seen Smokin' Aces and is
now not as convinced on the film as they used to be.
Smokin' Aces Screening Report
Vern from AICN
has recently had the pleasure of watching Smokin' Aces
and feels that the film has both its positives, clichés and negatives.
As we had expected, the Tremor Brothers are the coolest bunch of hitmen
since Agent 47. So what if '47' worked alone and only existed in a video
game, just try to get the drift.
SMOKIN' ACES is a big fuckin mess, but mostly
on purpose. The plot for the most part is this: Jeremy Piven plays a mafia-connected
Vegas magician named Buddy "Aces" Israel, whose lawyer played
by Booger (RAY) is currently putting together a deal for him to turn state's
evidence. The mobster he's turned on has apparently put a million dollar
bounty on Israel, so we follow various hitmen and women who are trying to
kill him as well as these two agents trying to bust the mob.
Hello again, friend. If you are just joining
us from non-spoilerland, you missed my explanation of my favorite characters
in the movie, the Tremor Brothers. Since the '90s there have been alot of
horrible movies trying to depict cool hitmen. They have tried alot of different
ways (usually involving skinny ties and references to pop culture) but I
don't think anybody has done hitmen who appear to believe they live in a
post-apocalyptic wasteland. Until now. These dirty beasts wear goggles,
pads, chains, no shirts, they have obscene tattoos, they carry flares and
chainsaws, they roar much more than they talk. We hear that they are redneck
neo-nazis, but the way they act they might as well be completely free of
politics or knowledge of human systems, neanderthals given access to automatic
weapon technology millions of years ahead of schedule. Any time they were
on screen I couldn't stop laughing, and after their great scene that you
didn't read about in that last paragraph there was no way I could completely
turn against the movie, even when it wasn't working.
The review has ups and downs, which I will optimistically take as more ups.
As you may have noticed in the second paragraph, the report also features
an area full of spoilers, so pay attention to the warnings.
Check out the early review for Smokin' Aces over at AICN.
Smokin' Aces opens to theatres on March 2nd, 2007.
For the trailers, posters, full synopsis and more movie info, go to the
Smokin' Aces
Movie Page.
Stay tuned for updates.
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