Smokin' Aces (2007)
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Reviews Counted:148
Fresh:40
Rotten:108
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: A violent mess of a movie, Smokin' Aces has some Quentin Tarantino's style but not much of his wit or humor.
Theatrical Release:12-01-2007
Synopsis: Fresh from his success with HBO's ENTOURAGE, Jeremy Piven gives his career a further boost by taking the lead role in director Joe Carnahan's (NARC) fast-paced thriller, SMOKING ACES. Piven plays... [More]
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Andy Garcia
Director: Joe Carnahan
Reviews for Smokin' Aces
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 3/5 |
The talented ensemble cast and Carnahan's slick, colourful direction ensure that Smokin' Aces remains an enjoyable and engaging thriller, though the violence may be a bit too strong for some. Full Review |
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 1/5 |
I imagine someone like Gareth from The Office watching it, a big grin on his face, a box of tissues by his side. Full Review |
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The film’s whimsicality makes it a big step back for the director, who shows he has little handle over anything bar garish action set-pieces. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Just accept it as a boorish, boy’s toys blast and you’ll find that where there's Smokin', there’s fire. Full Review |
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3/5 |
A simple hit becomes a tangled nightmare in this preening, self-consciously cool gangster movie. It sets itself up for cult status but expect to leave exhausted. Full Review |
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1/5 |
[Director Joe] Carnahan aims for a Tarantino-style black comedy but wildly misses the mark. Instead of crafting characters to laugh with (or at, even) he indulges a sniggering schoolboy obsession with casual mutilation and silly wigs. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Even after ten final minutes of laboured explanation of the final twist, the plot is still riddled with holes so large that you could march an army through them. Full Review |
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1/5 |
The identity swaps, double-crosses and multiple shoot-em-ups are reminiscent of The Usual Suspects and early Tarantino, without the ingenuity of the former or the breakneck energy of the latter. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It’s a Lock, Stock-style story of back-stabbing hoods, bloodshed and boys' toys that boasts a cracking cast on top form. Highly entertaining. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Using the kind of snazzy flashbacks, blood fetishism and moronic villains that were so in vogue oh, let’s see, about 10 years ago, the action revolves around an assortment of rival hoodlums all gunning for police informant Buddy 'Aces' Israel. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Four years ago, US writer-director Joe Carnahan gave us the tough and unsentimental cop drama Narc. Now he has followed it up with a fatuous piece of nasty nonsense without a smidgen of that film's intelligence. Full Review |
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The garish pulp shoot-'em-up Smokin' Aces has one of those titles that instantly tell you you've wandered into the wrong fleapit. Full Review |
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4/5 |
A terrific sense of style and wit, plus solid performances all around. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Full respect to Carnahan for making the tired crime genre feel fresh, but it would have been more fun without a last-minute attempt to make it mean something. Full Review |
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The poor man's Guy Ritchie, which is sad since the poor man already has Guy Ritchie Full Review |
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3/5 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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2/5 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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3/5 |
The best Tarantino riff of 1994. Full Review |
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It wants to be a Tarantino-esque dark comedy about gun-slinging, substance-abusing lowlifes. But instead it's a convoluted, slap-happy, humorless bloodfest. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Could've been a classic belch of grindhouse-throwback foolishness if not for Carnahan's apparent need to take his story seriously after all. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Smokin' Aces
November 04, 2008:
Smokin' Aces Prequel Is Underway 
According to Joe Carnahan's latest blog entry, Universal has "officially greenlit" his prequel to "Smokin' Aces" -- and "cameos will abound." More...
January 31, 2008:
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While Brady and Manning duke it out in Phoenix, the $15 movie ticket aims to conquer the multiplexes over Super Bowl weekend. That's the admission price that theaters are... More...
October 02, 2007:
Javier Bardem, Christian Bale On Fast Track To Killing Pablo
After waiting through nearly five years of development, producer Bob Yari is putting his "passion project" -- a biopic about slain Medellin drug lord Pablo Escobar -- on the... More...
August 17, 2007:
Help Name Carnahan's Smokin' Aces Prequel!
It was ripped to shreds by critics (and didn't exactly set the world on fire at the box office), but it recouped its budget, so Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces is getting a... More...
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