Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

"Prepare for murder, mayhem & madness."

2010 1h 26m EN

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Synopsis

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Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise.

“Prepare for murder, mayhem & madness.”

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Cast

Tom Berenger
Walter Weed
Clayne Crawford
Agent Baker
Tommy Flanagan
Lazlo Soot
Maury Sterling
Lester Tremor
Martha Higareda
Ariella Martinez
Christopher Michael Holley
Malcolm Little
Ernie Hudson
Anthony Vejar
Michael Parks
Fritz Tremor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: P.J. Pesce
Writers: Olumide Odebunmi, Olatunde Osunsanmi, Joe Carnahan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Canada

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Canada.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Smokin' Aces Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by P.J. Pesce, shot by David Geddes. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tim Jones. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Angela M. Catanzaro shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Tom Berenger and Clayne Crawford and Tommy Flanagan carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

P.J. Pesce directs. David Geddes behind the camera. Tim Jones scores. Angela M. Catanzaro cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America, Canada. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 16 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Canada.
4Part of the "Smokin' Aces Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by P.J. Pesce, shot by David Geddes. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Tim Jones. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Angela M. Catanzaro shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Tom Berenger and Clayne Crawford and Tommy Flanagan carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Prepare for murder, mayhem & madness.".
10IMDB entry: tt1319743 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: David Geddes
Original score: Tim Jones
Editing: Angela M. Catanzaro
Production design: Chris August
Costume design: Kerry Weinrauch
Makeup / hair: Adina Shore
VFX supervisor: Ron Simonson
Sound: Mathew Waters
Stunt coordinator: Ryan Ennis
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Status: Released
Budget: $8,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010)

Part of

Smokin' Aces Collection

Smokin' Aces is a 2006 American-British-French crime film written and directed by Joe Carnahan. It stars Jeremy Piven as a Las Vegas Strip magician turned mafia informant and Ryan Reynolds as the FBI agent assigned to protect him. The film was the debut of singer Alicia Keys and rapper Common as actors, and also starred Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Andy García, Ray Liotta, Taraji P. Henson, Chris Pine and Matthew Fox. The film is set in Lake Tahoe and was mainly filmed at the MontBleu casino, called the "Nomad Casino" in the film. On July 17, 2007, director Joe Carnahan announced that production had been approved by Universal Pictures for a second Smokin' Aces film, titled Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, which he would not direct. The film is a prequel to the original and was released straight to DVD on January 19, 2010.

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Gimly2019-09-01
★ 5/10
Pretty loosely connected to the first movie. Also much much worse. I know the original Smokin' Aces isn't exactly Citizen Kane, but it's a good time as far as I'm concerned. Assassin's Ball is not so much. It spends so much of its time imitating things people liked about the first movie, which only makes it more obvious that it's worse. You wouldn't have to worry about being called a pale imitation if you did more than just imitate. What's more, poorly. I guess the quote unquote twist at the end was a little bit better in this one than the last, but it was revealed in so much poorer a way that you don't really notice. There's still the guns and whatnot that I guess are most vital, so it's not like it's worthless, it's just poorly made. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

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