Smokin' Aces (NEW Joe"Narc"Carnahan film)

[Carmine Falcone]

3 new posters

http://www.joblo.com/3-smokin-posters

 

[Speedball]

I saw a poster in the theaters last weekend (none of the ones in the link above)
I might actually see it just because the poster was so cool looking.
I couldn't believe I was looking at Alicia Keys' legs. No wonder it's called smokin'

 

[Hunter Rider]

Some new stills (more at the link)

http://www.latinoreview.com/filmpreview.php?id=489

 

[Speedball]

OMG!!!
I'm seein' the movie because of Alicia.

 

[Dark Donnie]

new TV spots

http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2007/STUVWXYZ/Smokin-Aces/trailer.php

 

[porchmonkey408]

Piven all the way *****es.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Looks f***in AWESOME!!!

 

[hammerhedd11]

http://www.smokinacesmovie.net/teaser/

Teaser trailer

Can somebody repost this? It's not working for me!


Yayy 800th post!

 

[Tojo]

Narc was a really good film, but judging from the trailers and TV spots this looks really stupid. The trailer is just 2 minutes of people killing eachother

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Narc was a really good film, but judging from the trailers and TV spots this looks really stupid. The trailer is just 2 minutes of people killing eachother

And I read at AICN that the movie is exactly that but for 1,5 hours long....




....I can't ****ing wait.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Narc was a really good film, but judging from the trailers and TV spots this looks really stupid. The trailer is just 2 minutes of people killing eachother

...And?? The Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Alicia Keys, and an hour and thirty minutes of action and killing. *Mental orgasm*

 

[terry78]

Narc was a really good film, but judging from the trailers and TV spots this looks really stupid. The trailer is just 2 minutes of people killing eachother

Which is why it's gonna make #1.

 

[hammerhedd11]

Narc was a really good film, but judging from the trailers and TV spots this looks really stupid. The trailer is just 2 minutes of people killing eachother

Exactly.t:

 

[Master Chief]

The trailer is just 2 minutes of people killing eachother

Complete with insanely awesome slick cinematography.

 

[Tojo]

So, essentially you all just want to see a movie where people kill eachother.


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[Hunter Rider]

Nothing wrong with that,variety is the spice of life and all that,i'll catch a deep and meaningful Oscar joint the next week or somethingt:

 

[FaT_tONle]

this movie looks too good.... hopefully it won't be another 3000 miles to graceland though

 

[hammerhedd11]

So, essentially you all just want to see a movie where people kill eachother.


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Ummmmm...............Yep.t:

 

[Master Chief]

So, essentially you all just want to see a movie where people kill eachother.


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I have been waiting so long for a movie like this. The premise is just so awesome. You have all these quirky hitmen targeting one guy at one building at the same time. Throw some FBI agents into the mix to defend the target and bring on that over the top action. I am so pumped.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Not sure if this was posted

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=17092

Smokin' Aces (TBC)



Plot
Buddy ‘Aces’ Israel (Piven), a Vegas magician with Mob connections, has decided to turn informant. While awaiting safe transportation in a glitzy hotel, a gaggle of assassins descend upon him, intent on collecting the price on his head.

Empire Review


Remember in the mid-’90s when every other film had an overly elaborate gangster heist, epileptic editing, blood fetishism and characters named after things you might find lying around in your shed? So does Joe Carnahan. His first feature since 2002’s terrific Narc is a little bit early Tarantino and a lot Guy Ritchie. Carnahan has enough of his own flourishes and imaginative touches to pep up the moribund crimedy genre, but his silly symphony of wisecracks, bloodpacks and criminal morons doesn’t quite add up to a winning hand.

There’s a lot of concentration required in the early stages, as Carnahan introduces his multifarious ne’er-do-wells and gets heavy on the exposition, explaining everyone’s reasons for wanting a piece of ‘Aces’ Israel. Well done if you manage to make sense of more than 60 per cent of them. Troublesome plot gubbins dealt with, he then allows himself to loosen up a little, evolving his film into a sort of It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World with inexhaustible weaponry.

The journey towards the seemingly inevitable mass gunfight is a blast, as Carnahan allows each of his killers to demonstrate their bloodlust and bat**** craziness. Three unhinged brothers turn another group into Swiss cheese; another starts bumping off Aces’ buddies and stealing their faces; R&B singer Alicia Keys demonstrates more star power than 90 per cent of musicians-turned-actors as a cold killer in hooker’s clothing; Jason Bateman steals the entire film cameoing as a festering drunk. It’s scattershot comedy that hits far more often than it misses.

Sadly Carnahan starts to lose his thread as he splits the groups up and attempts to inject some drama and importance (Reynolds and Liotta, as the FBI agents assigned to protect Aces, are acting in a far more sombre film). It quickly becomes apparent that the giant showdown isn’t coming, and the most we’re going to get is a smattering of mini-shoot-outs that are curiously light on blood and coherence, a terrible betrayal of the film’s mood. Instead we get an ending that clutches at some deeper meaning that the story has done nothing to earn. After the rampant high-stakes silliness of the middle act, it’s a very disappointing reveal.
Verdict
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.


Reviewer: Olly Richards

 

[Bat Brain]

6 Smokin' Aces comics are online:

http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=18242
http://www.smokinjoecarnahan.com/
http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=8444
http://www.joblo.com/
http://www.ugo.com/programs/universal/smokinaces/comic/
http://www.aintitcool.com/

 

[MOIDANGEREUX]

This thread was back on page four and caused me to post a new one!

 

[chamber-music]

So, essentially you all just want to see a movie where people kill eachother.


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Dude thats all anyone wants to see t:

 

[Karea07]

Alicia Keys looks good all photoshopped and retouched

 

[The Storm]

Read that Empire review, still want to see it though. Excellent cast plus I wanna see Alicia Keys, she has been getting good buzz from her acting jobs.