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Start with mob lawyer Rupert ā€œRipā€ Reed (Jason Bateman is so good he’d steal the movie if he had more screen time), who wants to nab the ā€œstrung-out, has-been, jerk-off snitch drunk ...
First off I have to admit that this time last year I was complaining that the studios dump their leftover films because they're trying to jockey those year-end Oscar ...
Maybe ā€œSteamin’ Acesā€ would have been a better title. And there must be a better second word, possibly with two syllables, ending with ā€œces.ā€ That’s slightly harsher than this stylish ...
It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world of hit men, hookers and assorted crazies that writer-director Joe Carnahan has compiled in the willfully incoherent action-comedy "Smokin' Aces." ...
Smokin' Aces. By Keith Phipps ... Alex Rocco, and Jason Bateman, among others, but most of their characters serve one of two functions: explaining the convoluted plot, ...
Smokin' Aces is a 2006 American-British-French crime film written and directed by Joe Carnahan. ... Jason Bateman, Andy García, Ray Liotta, Taraji P. Henson, Chris Pine and Matthew Fox.
Jeremy Piven and an all-star cast are totalally wasted in this slasher-crime drama that plays like Tarantino Lite.
Writer-director Joe Carnahan's new flick Smokin' Aces starts 2007 off with a big, big bang. A high-(blood, ... Bailbondsman Rip Reed (Jason Bateman) sends three bounty hunters ...
Smokin’ Aces sure starts as it means to go on. An aggressive splurge of character names, ... A cameo from Arrested Development’s Jason Bateman all but steals the movie, ...
Smokin' Aces 2007, R, 108 min. Directed by Joe Carnahan. Starring Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Common, Andy Garcia, Alex Rocco, Alicia Keys, Wayne Newton, Ray Liotta ...
I tried to experience Smokin’ Aces as a wild amoral thrill ride, but it feels more like a first-person shooter video game. Some of the sitting ducks include Ben Affleck as a bail bondsman with a ...
Smokin' Aces is a 2006 American-British-French crime film written and directed by Joe Carnahan. It stars Jeremy Piven as a Las Vegas Strip magician turned mafia informant and Ryan Reynolds as the ...