Smokin' Aces

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

It suggests that Smokin Aces is looking to impact beyond its blood-strewn hotel lobbies, even if its obsession with incidental characters, guts and gimmickry scuppers such grand illusions. Furnishing the bedlam with some much-needed heart is writer/director Joe Carnahans old Narc buddy Ray Liotta and Ryan Reynolds the latter a revelation in his first proper adult role. ... Full Review

This was a great film, although confusing in parts. Great characters, fun plot... GOOD MOVIE... ... Full Review

I liked the film....The film's problem is....The ending did manage to redeem the film for me....What Smokin' Aces lacks is any stand out performance from the ensemble cast.....Alicia Keys also delivers a good performance for her first film..... ... Full Review

Smokin' Aces is almost a hell of a mindless popcorn action flick, but it's dragged down by a bloated runtime and clumsy attempts at tossing in something resembling drama and substance. The colossal body count and the half-billion spent shells littering the floor of the penthouse suite make the climax by far the highlight of the movie, but Smokin' Aces limps onto a lengthy, disinterested conclusion well after that has come and gone, and as much as a good bit of Carnahan's dark comedy sparkles, a one-eyed, f ... Full Review

This is not a good movie. Carnahan has done the same with Smokin Aces and his percentage is not bad. Smokin' Aces might be the best Tarantino riff of 1994. These scenes are incredible and hilarious and yet have nothing to do with anything else. ... Full Review