Smokin' Aces

"Nobody gets away clean."

2006 1h 49m EN

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6.5

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31%

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METACRITIC

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6.6

IMDB

★6.5TMDB · 1,913🥫31%Rotten Tomatoes●45Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 156,725

ActionComedyCrimeThriller

Synopsis

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When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

“Nobody gets away clean.”

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Cast

Ryan Reynolds
Richard Messner
Andy Garcia
Stanley Locke
Martin Henderson
Hollis Elmore
Chris Pine
Darwin Tremor
Ray Liotta
Donald Carruthers
Alicia Keys
Georgia Sykes
Common
Sir Ivy
Taraji P. Henson
Sharice Watters

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joe Carnahan
Writers: Joe Carnahan, Mark Moretti, Josh Sheppard
Languages: English
Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.4× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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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

CAST

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245+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joe Carnahan, shot by Mauro Fiore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joe Carnahan directs. Mauro Fiore behind the camera. Clint Mansell scores. Robert Frazen cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in France, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.4× over at the box office.
2Released 20 years ago.
3International production across 3 countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Part of the "Smokin' Aces Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5245+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Joe Carnahan, shot by Mauro Fiore. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Clint Mansell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Robert Frazen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Ryan Reynolds and Andy Garcia and Martin Henderson carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Nobody gets away clean.".
11IMDB entry: tt0475394 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 12 themes, including "sniper", "neo-nazism", "police", "hitman".

The technical file

Cinematography: Mauro Fiore
Original score: Clint Mansell
Editing: Robert Frazen
Production design: Martin Whist
Costume design: Mary Zophres
Makeup / hair: Cindy J. Williams
VFX supervisor: Thomas J. Smith
Sound: Jeremy Peirson
Stunt coordinator: Ben Hernandez Bray
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $17,000,000
Box office: $57,103,895
Return: 336% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Smokin' Aces (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 31% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 45/100
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 156,725 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

4 wins total

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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Gimly2019-08-25
★ 7/10
I don't think I can tell you that Smokin' Aces is good. But I have seen the movie on three seperate occasions in the past thirteen years, roughly evenly spread apart. And each time I have not only enjoyed it, I enjoyed it more than the last time. This movie is very dumb. But fast and fun and oh boy what a cast. Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time.
JPV8522020-04-19
★ 6/10
Sometimes wild, sometimes confusing action-thriller that boasts a great cast, but in the end, this wasn't a Carnahan movie that really did it for me. 2.75/5