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Smokin' Aces

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"Joe Carnahan delivers plenty of flash, flesh, and furious ferocity in his latest film, Smokin’ Aces. This violent romp is packed with outrageous characters and in-your-face shoot ‘em up mayhem. Though it is by no means a weighty or substantive narrative experience, it does have its merits. The bevy of over the top degenerates, the spiraling plot twists, and the unbalanced pacing can be hard to keep up with, but the octane keeps pumping and the never-say-die action hurls viewers onward. The focal point of this fracas is Buddy “Aces” Israel (Jeremy Piven), a drugged up, paranoid, mob snitch with a large bounty on his head. Israel is an ex-Vegas entertainer, turned wannabe mobster who decides to testify against his former mafia associates. Understandably this decision does not go over well with certain people, and as a result an unruly posse of sadistic assassins is directed to resolve the situation. Piven’s portrayal of the coke snorting lowlife ... " [More]