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6.5When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Cast
- Ryan Reynolds as Richard Messner
- Andy Garcia as Stanley Locke
- Martin Henderson as Hollis Elmore
- Chris Pine as Darwin Tremor
- Ray Liotta as Donald Carruthers
- Alicia Keys as Georgia Sykes
Themes
- sniper
- neo-nazism
- police
- hitman
- gun
- gangster
- fbi
- bodyguard
- dark comedy
- shootout
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
156,725 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
31%
Metacritic
45/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joe Carnahan
- Written by
- Joe Carnahan
- Produced by
- Tim Bevan Eric Fellner
- Starring
- Ben Affleck Andy García Alicia Keys Ray Liotta Jeremy Piven Ryan Reynolds
- Cinematography
- Mauro Fiore
- Edited by
- Robert Frazen
- Music by
- Clint Mansell
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures StudioCanal Relativity Media Working Title Films Scion Films
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures (International; in most territories through United International Pictures ) , StudioCanal (France)
- Release dates
- December 9, 2006 ( 2006-12-09 ) ( Butt-Numb-A-Thon ) January 12, 2007 ( 2007-01-12 ) (UK) January 26, 2007 ( 2007-01-26 ) (US)
- Running time
- 109 minutes
- Countries
- United States United Kingdom France
- Languages
- English, French
- Budget
- $17 million
- Box office
- $57.3 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Smokin' Aces | Universal Pictures At Home
Slick Las Vegas illusionist Buddy "Aces" Israel isn't playing nice. Turns out, he's telling mob secrets to the FBI. After a $1 million contract is put out on him, Aces tries to pull his greatest disappearing act before a rogues' gallery of ex-cons, hit men and smokin' hot assassins tries to rub him out. © 2007 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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