Smokin' Aces, C+Don't let that plus fool you - it only got that for putting Ben AFLAC in such a minor role.
One of my more anticipated movies of January (stop gagging! I have to look forward to SOMETHING!), this movie really let me down. I saw it with the illustrious Dano on a Friday night after everybody else bailed but him (thanks guys, I know she was cuter than me, but what about bros?). We both arrived late to a packed and soon-to-be disappointed theater.
The reason I wanted to see this film in particular was a colorful cast of characters all converging on what was looking to be like a hilarious epic battle. What I got was a fragmented storyline and a time line that had people riding in elevators for the better part of 10 minutes, which would be fine for a high rise, but this was a 12 story building. The "twist" I figured out in the first little bit of the movie.
What was good was Chris Pine. He did an excellent job of being a psychotic hit man. Also good was the action - very gritty, very violent. There was a decent amount of humor throughout.
The really bad part as the plot. Worthless. They had so much to work with and did nothing with it. The ending tried to be dark and sad and whatever they're trying for in Hollywood these days and was laughable.
This smokin' movie gets a C+, which will probably be the hot grade for the next few months.
1 comment:
Hi Colin, Phil here, friend of Mark, I have to say that this film was much better then you say it was. the climax of everyone coming together was great. plenty of blood. tons of shooting. and ben was dead in the first third of the film. what could be better? yes the plot sucked, and could have used some work, but were we really expecting something on par with a Spielberg flick? i wasn't. i was hoping it'd be a mindless adventure featuring a bunch of people getting themselves shot up over nothing.
oh, and the trailer for the new super gory double feature from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez was definitely worth the time at the theatre.
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