Lucky Number Slevin (Widescreen Edition)
by Paul McGuigan
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Actor: Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Morgan FreemanDirector: Paul McGuigan
Brand: Wellspring Media INC
Producer: A.J. Dix
Producer: Andreas Grosch
Producer: Andreas Schmid
Producer: Anthony Rhulen
Producer: Charles Jude Feuer
Producer: Chris Roberts
Writer: Jason Smilovic
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
Published: 2006-09-01
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 79481
Studio: Weinstein Company
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- Set in the New York underworld where nothing is as it seems, Lucky Number Slevin is an action-packed, fun-as-hell roller coaster ride (Venice Magazine). When down-on-his-luck Slevin (Josh Hartnett) stumbles into a running feud between the city s most feared crime bosses (Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley), he ignites an all-out war. Tracked by a mysterious assassin (Bruce Willis) and distracted by h
DVD Reviews of Lucky Number Slevin (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: A great cast and edgy story keep this thriller moving to the very end
Summary: 4 Stars
With a dream cast director Paul McGuigan and writer Jason Smilovic team up to create the latest and best reincarnation of "The Usual Suspects" with sparkling dialogue and a thriller plot that twists until the fat lady sings. Starring Josh Hartnett as Slevin, a feckless young man caught in a gang war with his pants down and Bruce Willis as Goodkat, the iron assassin who almost never fails, "Slevin" capitalizes on the father-child buddy movie with skill and elegance and features the best dialogue since "Pulp Fiction." It is great to see first rate banter once again a part of blood-thirsty vengeance--together they make such beautiful music. It has elements of the Newman's "Road to Perdition" with the first rate dialogue and excellent plot treatment of "The Sting."
Just as Kevin Spacey's character in "Suspects" was so hopeless he was great, so is Josh Hartnett as the innocent Slevin caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Collared by two outstanding thug caricatures in a friend's apartment during a chance visit, he is mistaken for a poor stiff who owes inappropriate debts to inappropriate people. What ensues is some of the most entertaining flashback story-telling since "Suspects" with the best rough and tumble dialog since "Pulp Fiction." None of the dialogue is ad-libbed--it is all spoken exactly as penned by Smilovic. According to director McGuigan "The words were so particular to this film that if the voice were to change, it would change the film dramatically..." Kudos for him--at least for this film it works.
Lucy Liu plays Lindsey, the over-involving girl next door who comes to borrow a cup of sugar from Slevin's friend and almost shares his fate at the hands of Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis). If the film has a failing it is that these youngsters are too good to be true. But compared to the character of Lindsey, the Mt. St.Helens of ever-erupting freshness, it is easy for the old fogies in the film to look bad. Or at least to look old. Liu continues on her run of box office successes after her role as Cottonmouth in Tarantino's smash hits "Kill Bill" Volumes 1 and 2 and as Alex, one of the deadly trio in "Charlie's Angels."
Which brings us to Messrs. Freeman and Kingsley, two men whose skills and reputations have passed the professional into the legendary. If you have time before you see this film, see Sir Ben in "Sexy Beast," possibly the best depiction of a real gangster in the last twenty years. Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci in "Goodfellas" are the only ones who come close. His recent box-office buster as Fagan in "Oliver Twist" had more lines than his part as Schlomo "The Rabbi" in this film, but was nowhere near as good. Smilovic wrote the part of The Rabbi specifically for Kingsley and Sir Ben is able to take that brutally realistic gangster persona from "Sexy Beast" and bring those memories into the exact time-adjusted part for this film. He is the same character, only aged to perfection--cranky in his old age, but still mean as a snake as ruthless as they come.
Morgan Freeman has taken bits and pieces from his "Million Dollar Baby" character of Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris, the washed-up palooka who still packs a punch and con Red Redding in "The Shawshank Redemption," and grafted them together into this visage of "The Boss", an aging black man who sacrificed everything to rise to the top of the New York mob. There is nobody he hasn't killed or had killed, however innocent, to further his rise to the top. But he can never forget the friendship he used to have with his arch-rival The Rabbi. He can never stop wondering if his power was worth the loss of his son and his best friend. He and The Rabbi now share penthouse apartments, fortified with three inch bulletproof glass, across the street from each other in the City. Every day they stare down the barrel of their mortality and wonder how they could have done it differently.
First rate supporting performances by Bruce Willis, Ben Kingsley and Morgan Freeman; gangsters with a gift for gab putting on their bad faces as Hartnett's flawed father figures. Some of the flashiest two-fisted gun slinging by Willis since his work as the shooter in "Last Man Standing." After his recent spotty record of pot-boiling lead roles, this clever and dynamic performance may be Hartnett's lucky number. Writer Smilovic turns up the voltage. Don't miss it.
Description of Lucky Number Slevin (Widescreen Edition)
Down-on-his-luck Slevin stumbles into a running feud between two New York gangsters, The Boss and The Rabbi. Tracked by the mysterious assassin Goodkat and distracted by his flirtatious neighbor, Slevin must use his wits to cheat death.How boring it is to label a movie Tarantino-esque anymore. The thing is, when it comes to an offering like Lucky Number Slevin, the shoe fits, and the result is anything but boring. Gruesome killings, arid wit, self-reflexive pop culture references, an A-list cast, and style-heavy production values abound, which gives the proceedings an epoxy bond that seals the Q.T. homage factor. Josh Hartnett--who spends a lot of buffed-up time with his shirt off--is Slevin Kelevra, a hapless fellow visiting his New York friend Nick. But Nick has disappeared, which sets off a mistaken-identity thrill ride when two goons grab Slevin (he's in Nick's apartment so he must be Nick) and take him to their crime lord boss, the Boss (Morgan Freeman). The Boss doesn't care about Slevin's wrong-man protests; he just wants the $96,000 Nick owes him. In one of many offers he can't refuse, Slevin has to agree to murder the son of the Boss's felonious arch rival, the Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) or take the bullet himself. But Slevin turns out to be no ordinary patsy. Thrown into the ingeniously designed production, clever plot twists, and academic nods to Bond, Hitchcock, and obscure old cartoons are Lucy Liu as a sexy coroner, Stanley Tucci as an obsessed cop, and Bruce Willis as a wily hit man with his finger in many pots. With so much visual and narrative trickery, there's almost too much to absorb in one viewing of this convoluted jigsaw puzzle of revenge and entertaining mayhem. Lucky Number Slevin isn't quite up to par with similarly brainy thrillers like Memento and The Usual Suspects, but the prospect of seeing it again in order to get your bearings is just as appealing. --Ted Fry
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