Smokin' Aces (2006)

Directed by

Joe Carnahan

Genre

action film, crime film, crime thriller film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 1,850 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Las Vegas magician who became a mafia informant has a million dollar bounty placed on his head. A group of hitmen and law enforcement officers all race to find him first.

fast-pacedviolentstylishchaotictensedarkly comicgrittyaction-packed

What happens

Smokin' Aces is a 2006 crime action thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan. The film centers on the chase for a Las Vegas magician turned mafia informant after a one-million-dollar bounty is placed on him. It stars Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Common, Andy García, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, and Ryan Reynolds. Smokin' Aces was the official acting debut of Keys and Common. The film is set in Lake Tahoe and was mainly filmed at Bally's Lake Tahoe, then known as Caesars Tahoe, and called the "Nomad Casino". It premiered at the 2006 Butt-Numb-A-Thon, before being released theatrically in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2007, and in the United States on January 26. Smokin' Aces received negative reviews, but was a commercial success, grossing $57 million on a $17 million budget. It was followed by a 2010 prequel, Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, directed by P. J. Pesce and produced and co-written by Carnahan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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