Smokin' Aces (2007)

A Las Vegas magician becomes the target of a million-dollar bounty and a chaotic multi-pronged hunt by assassins, the FBI, and bounty hunters.

First release year

2006

Runtime (minutes)

109

Production countries

United States; United Kingdom; France

Original languages

English

Directors

Joe Carnahan

Writers

Joe Carnahan · writer; Joe Carnahan · director

Cast and characters

Ben Affleck; Andy García; Alicia Keys; Ray Liotta; Jeremy Piven; Ryan Reynolds; Jason Bateman; Common

Genres

crime; action; thriller

Themes

betrayal; violence; identity

Tone and mood

violent; dark humor

Premise and plot tags

contract killing; gangster; action thriller

Source material / true-story basis

A version of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Franchise connections

Smokin' Aces

Content notes

LGBTQ-related

Reception

The film received negative reviews but was a commercial success, grossing $57 million on a $17 million budget.

Reported review scores

Rotten Tomatoes · score: 31% · review count: 158; Metacritic · score: 45 · scale: 100 · review count: 32; CinemaScore · score: B · scale: A to F

Production trivia

The film was the official acting debut of Alicia Keys and Common.; Michael Shannon was originally cast as Darwin Tremor but was fired for being rude to a costumer.; The title sequence was created using over 3,000 stills captured by the director's on-set photographer.

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