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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.
Released: 2006-12-09109 minDir: Joe CarnahanAction, Comedy, CrimeBudget: $17.0MBox office: $57.1MPart of: Smokin' Aces Collection
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
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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.