Smokin' Aces

This movie should get high marks for its style, but everything about its style that is likable, was ripped off from Guy Ritchie. The plot is sooo out there, that I can only imagine that the writer, director... producers and... Full review

There is a new genre infesting our nation's movie theaters. With apologies to Garrison Kellior, let's call it "guy noir". Films aimed directly at the young, hip male audience. Movies that are an unholy combination of old fashioned film noir... Full review

Here's another addition to anyone's list of definitive "guy flicks". Compared to testosterone treats like Jason Statham's pair of Transporter stints, this one offers a more complicated plot, fewer explosions and chases, but more gruesome killings. Plus some fine touches... Full review

I've read some of the reviews for this movie, and I can't agree with them. I completely disagree in that I thought this was a very entertaining movie. The concept was very well thought out but it wasn't perfect, obviously.Basically,... Full review

Smokin' Aces was most certainly a bit of a magic show within itself, in that while you watched the evident plot go one way, you didn't notice the actual plot until BAM! it came out of nowhere. It wasn't the... Full review

I don't think I have seen such a mess of a film before. I found myself thinking "Will this movie pick up and get better... will something happen that will somehow resurrect this trainwreck of a film... perhaps if I... Full review

Smoking Aces is a film that tries hard, and in doing so is one that is not going to be easy to describe. The basic plot revolves around the central character "Aces" who is testifying against the mob, and in... Full review

Here we have Joe Carnaghan the writer/director of Narc? They say that human cloning has not yet taken place but this film may be the proof we were looking for. This just can't be the same Joe Carnaghan can it.... Full review

Its very hard to sum up this movie in just a few words, but if i had to, they would probably be OH MY GOD WHAT A PILE OF CRAP!Really, im not kidding here, its rubbish! This film is slow,... Full review

Ray Ray Ray....did 'Revolver' teach you nothing?? For a man who was once in a Scorsese movie, its hard to imagine he'd end up like this....sunk to depths of the lowest degree. Well hopefully the reviews this film will no... Full review

The technicals are efficiently carried out and the film has a jumpy, edgy feel, which works to its benefit. The rest of the film is not much easier to understand although there are snatches of action and character interplay that are interesting ... Full Review

That leaves the door wide open to bring all the cool characters from Smokin' Aces back to shoot an impossible amount of bullets, rockets and playing cards at each other. Just kidding - the third project is a cop corruption flick based on an Ellroy novel called White Jazz , although I bet Carnahan could write the shit out of Fluffy Bunny's Big Day . ... Full Review

Posted by: j on November 4, 2008 at 16:04:04 Smokin Aces was ok I thought, it was a fun guy movie. ... Full Review

The technicals are efficiently carried out and the film has a jumpy, edgy feel, which works to its benefit. Ryan Reynolds' FBI Agent Richard Messner is the film's most sympathetic character and Ray Liotta who is good at these intense roles, plays his partner Donald Carruthers. ... Full Review

the end is a lot more info and depressing drama..... ... Full Review

You can bring home Joe Carnahan's action-packed film in 1080p the same day the sequel hits DVD/BD shelves. Smokin' Aces will be released on Blu-ray on January 19, 2010. ... Full Article

A dizzying array of elements are involved in creating a movie poster -- everything from contractual requirements dictating the size of the stars' names to psychological studies on which colors and fonts produce which emotions in viewers. ... Full Article

Moviehole broke the news this morning that Canadian actor David Richmond-Peck has signed on to star as Gammons in Joe Carnahan's big screen adaptation of The A-Team . ... Full Article

Cooper had been rumoured for some time to play the dashing Lt Templeton "Faceman" Peck, part of a group of framed, on-the-run war vets who get into adventures while evading the military. ... Full Article

Over the past few years Common has been steadily diluting his reputation as one of the best MCs in hip-hop by also being one of the crappier recording-artist-turned-actors in recent memory. ... Full Article

Author: Ashley Hillard Date: Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Time: 8:27 am Looks like Tyrese and Ice Cube - both heavily rumoured for the job; both also said to be in talks at one stage - have been stocking up on... ... Full Article