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Smokin' Aces

Country: USA, Language: English, 109 mins

  • Director: Joe Carnahan
  • Writer: Joe Carnahan
  • Producer: Jeff Abberley; Tim Bevan

CGiii Comment

Terrible title.

Lesbian contract killer.

Dumb dialogue.

Every cliché in the gangster book.

Not good - at all.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel, a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When the word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, deadly vixens and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.

Cast & Characters

Ryan Reynolds as Richard Messner;
Ray Liotta as Donald Carruthers;
Joseph Ruskin as Primo Sparazza;
Alex Rocco as Serna;
Wayne Newton as Himself;
Jeremy Piven as Buddy Israel;
Ben Affleck as Jack Dupree;
Peter Berg as 'Pistol' Pete Deeks;
Martin Henderson as Hollis Elmore;
Common as Sir Ivy;
Christopher Michael Holley as Beanie;
Andy Garcia as Stanley Locke;
Mike Falkow as Freeman Heller;
Joe Drago as FBI Aid;
Jeff Habberstad as Top Coated Gunman