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Smokin'
Aces,
2007, 109 minutes, Rated R
By Marona Lowe
In
Smokin’ Aces, writer/director Joe Carnahan creates a
testosterone-infused “snitch hunt” for Las Vegas showman, Buddy
“Aces” Israel, that attracts a cadre of cops, hunters and assassins. MORE >>>
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Taraji Henson in Smokin' Aces
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Filmed
with a large cast of well-known and rising stars playing primary and
secondary roles, Carnahan orchestrates this ensemble in a booming
action film that begins rather lifelessly. Carnahan succinctly
introduces the plot and the players with text and voice over
sequences that lull interest in the narrative. But just as the film
is about to elicit yawns and cause eyelids to droop, Smokin’ Aces
shifts into a high octane gear as a diverse group of natural born
killers descend upon Lake Tahoe, Nevada to compete for the million
dollar bounty for Buddy’s head and heart.
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Among its
bickering bounty hunters, heavy metal rejects and hodgepodge of
other characters, the most captivating ones receive far too little
screen time. Smokin’ Aces’ cross dressing, alcoholic esquire with a
bunny fetish (Jason Batemen); its Ritalin-doped karate kid with a
boner (Zach Cumer); and its barely-closeted femme packing a
big-pistol (Taraji P. Henson) are the gems in what is otherwise a
marginally interesting film.
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April 2007
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Genre(s) |
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Action, Crime, Thriller
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Joe Carnahan |
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Producer |
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Tim Bevan |
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Producer |
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Liza Chasin |
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Producer |
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Eric Fellner |
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Producer |
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Stacey Sher |
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Producer |
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Robert Graf |
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Executive Producer |
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Ben Affleck |
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Jack Dupree |
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Zach
Cumer |
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Warren |
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Jason Bateman |
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Rip Reed |
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Common |
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Sir Ivy |
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Joseph Ruskin |
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Primo Sparazza |
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Andy
Garcia |
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Stanley Locke |
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Alicia Keys |
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Georgia Sykes |
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Ray Liotta |
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Donald Carruthers |
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Jeremy Piven |
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Buddy 'Aces' Israel |
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Peter Berg |
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"Pistol" Pete Deeks |
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Ryan Reynolds |
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Richard Messner |
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Martin Henderson |
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Hollis Elmore |
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Taraji P. Henson |
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Sharice Watters |
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Nestor Carbonell |
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Pasquale Acosta |
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Matthew Fox |
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Bill |
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Mauro Fiore |
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Cinematographer |
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Robert Frazen |
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Editor(s) |
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Clint
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Music |
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Amanda Mackey Johnson and Cathy Sandrich |
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Casting |
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Mary Zophres |
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Costume
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Distributor |
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Universal Pictures
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Filming
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Las Vegas, Nevada,
USA
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Los Angeles,
California, USA
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South Lake Tahoe,
California, USA
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