Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 01/26/07 Home Video 04/17/07 MPAA Rating Rated R for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, some nudity and drug use Running Time 1 hour 38 minutes Genre Action, Crime, Comedy Director Joe Carnahan Writer Joe Carnahan Cast Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg, Martin Henderson, Taraji Henson, Common Studio Universal Pictures |
SMOKIN' ACES
SYNOPSIS
An incendiary array of stars -- including Ben Affleck,
Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan
Reynolds, Peter Berg, Martin Henderson, Taraji
Henson and, in their motion -- picture debuts, Alicia
Keys and Common -- star in Smokin' Aces, the new
dark action comedy from Joe Carnahan, the
acclaimed director of Narc.
In these interlocking tales of high stakes and low
lifes, Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a
hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel (Piven)--a
sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's
evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a
chance to use this small-time con to bring down
big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective
custody-under the supervision of two agents
(Reynolds and Liotta) dispatched to Aces' Lake
Tahoe hideout.
When word of the price on Aces' head spreads into
the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices
bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, smokin' hot vixens
and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt.
With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides
in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.
--© Universal Pictures
An incendiary array of stars -- including Ben Affleck,
Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan
Reynolds, Peter Berg, Martin Henderson, Taraji
Henson and, in their motion -- picture debuts, Alicia
Keys and Common -- star in Smokin' Aces, the new
dark action comedy from Joe Carnahan, the
acclaimed director of Narc.
In these interlocking tales of high stakes and low
lifes, Mob boss Primo Sparazza has taken out a
hefty contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel (Piven)--a
sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's
evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a
chance to use this small-time con to bring down
big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective
custody-under the supervision of two agents
(Reynolds and Liotta) dispatched to Aces' Lake
Tahoe hideout.
When word of the price on Aces' head spreads into
the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices
bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, smokin' hot vixens
and double-crossing mobsters to join in the hunt.
With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides
in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.
--© Universal Pictures
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