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Product Name: Lucky Number Slevin [P&S] [DVD] [2006]
UPC: 796019794824
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome movie!!
I love the twists and turns of the movie and the directing style is awesome. Theres so many good actors and Lucy lu does amazing (poor thing is the only girl in this movie. Whats with that?!)
Love the cast and the story
Lucky Number Slevin is one of those movies where the plot drives the characters rather than the other way around. The story concerns a seemingly innocent but very unlucky young man named Slevin (a surprisingly good Josh Hartnett) who is mistaken for someone else by two vicious gangsters who both think he owes them a lot of money. The first is "The Boss" played by a clearly-enjoying-himself Morgan Freeman. The second is "The Rabbi" (called that because he is a rabbi) played more seriously by Ben Kingsley. They are former partners turned enemies who live in penthouse apartments across the street from each other (which they never leave for fear of being killed).
Since the plot of Lucky Number Slevin is nearly the whole show, I won't reveal anything else, but this is extremely enjoyable if you like self-consciously clever crime films with snappy dialogue. Josh Hartnett and Lucy Lui turn out to be really good at delivering that dialogue--Lui's rapid-fire patter seems to be at least partly inspired by Rosalind Russell from "His Girl Friday" and the normally stern actress has never been looser or more likable than she is here.
The older vets--Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley and Stanley Tucci--are all solid, although their characters are little more than chess pieces in the intricate plotting of Jason Smilovic's screenplay. A well written movie that will keep you guessing to the very end, it won the audience and best film (2006) awards at the Milano Film Festival.
First all the cast is excellent, especially Morgan Fairchild. One of the better films Bruce Willis did in the last few years. Plot twists, bodies falling left and right, good acting makes a compelling movie.
