Story of a Vegas magician, Buddy 'Aces' Israel, who befriends the mob, is the target of several hitmen and woman, after he ratted out the mob to the cops. The mob have hired some of the most ruthless hitmen. Georgia Sykes (Alicia Keys) , Jack Dupree (Affleck) and among others a "Mad Max" style of german warriors, Tremmor Brothers. Buddy is coked up and laying low at top level of high class Vegas hotel, and its just matter of which killer gets there first. At same time the cops, headed by Ray Liotta & Ryan Reynolds, try to find him first to save him so he can continue to give the police info.This is pure pop corn action movie fun, a slightly clever ending that doesn't really make to much of a deal, but its pretty good. sure it maybe a example of death of narrative cinema, but hell, i liked it. Jeremy Piven gives a fantastic performance and is really the highlght of the movie. The different level of hitmen is interesting, best being Alicia Keys, Tremmor bros and this guy who steals faces of people to sneak behind detection (yes you read right). As i said its fun, throwaway stuff. a good way of doing it is, it's better than Guy Richie's Revolver and just as good as Lucky Number Slevin. It's a action movie for the "Fast & Furious" generation of movie goers, but its better than the usual. I Recommend it, Jeremy Piven steals the film but don't expect to be challenged, expect to enjoy it.
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