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Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Lucky Number Slevin" is a comic thriller that twists and turns its way through an underworld of crime and revenge where nothing is as it seems. Set in New York City, a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most notorious rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to escape the maze alive.
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Lucky Number Slevin Movie Review by Ben  (1/12/2008) |
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Wow! I felt like I discovered an unknown gem of a movie. I have heard about the film, but no details come to mind. How it escaped my radar is a mystery as it has some of my favorite stars and some surprising performances.
First, Lucy Liu (Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Charlie's Angels) gave what I consider the best performance of...
(complete Lucky Number Slevin review by Ben)
This is a "wait for it" or "pay-off" movie. By that I mean that you thrown a lot of bits and pieces, showing only small portions of the puzzle but never showing what the pictures in meant to be. A series of unrelated scenes are strung together like odd knick knacks on a child's Christmas chain ornament. They all look nice,...
(complete Lucky Number Slevin review by The Alpha Craig)
| Lucky Number Slevin Movie Review by Matthew (4/10/2006) |
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It really bugs me when characters in a film make a reference to an actual, better film. In "Lucky Number Slevin", two characters talk about Hitchcock's "North by Northwest", indicating the great film is similar to the exploits of the "real people" we are watching. Really, the only similarity is the case of mistaken...
(complete Lucky Number Slevin review by Matthew)
| Lucky Number Slevin Movie Review by Chris (6/10/2008) |
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PS- I had written this review of the movie on my old profile, this is my new one. Thank you.
After landing in the wrong place at the wrong time, Slevin must kill The Rabbi's to scratch a $96,000 debt to The Boss and pay off $33,000 to The Rabbi. He can't go to the police and he can't leave the city. On top of all this,...
(complete Lucky Number Slevin review by Chris)
| Lucky Number Slevin Movie Review by Chris (6/4/2008) |
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After landing in the wrong place at the wrong time, Slevin must kill The Rabbi's to scratch a $96,000 debt to The Boss and pay off $33,000 to The Rabbi. He can't go to the police and he can't leave the city. On top of all this, behind the scene's Mr. Smith aka Mr. Goodkat is secretly plotting to kill Slevin.
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(complete Lucky Number Slevin review by Chris)
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