Smokin' Aces

Okay, so because I'm pretty much bored out of my mind, and have no life, I decided to start a new movie review blog. Now obviously, if my taste in movies is not the same as yours, you're probably going to find this crap pretty useless. I'll promise you this much though...it should be entertaining.

Sooooo, here it goes.

I'll start with this movie since I just saw it like two days ago. Let me tell you. IT WAS AWESOME!!! Girls might hate this type of movie, but it's the perfect shoot-'em-up, guy's guy movie. I love action movies, and this was the best one I've seen in awhile.

It's basically about this Vegas magician dude who gets too close to the mafia and ends up on everyone's $hit list. Because he's somewhat connected to the mafia, he has valuable info that they don't want to get out. On the other hand, the FBI wants to protect him to get access to this same info. So, EVERYONE is going after this guy. The FBI AND all these mercenaries 'cause there's a million dollar price tag on his head. The mercenaries are all competing to get to him first, and the FBI are trying to get to him before he dies.

The beauty of this movie is the raw, explicit dialogue, and the over-the-top, colorful characters. Alicia Keys, Ben Affleck, Ryan Reynolds, Common, Matthew Fox (Jack from Lost), Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, and Jeremy Piven are just some of the cast members.

The action never stops, and they just shoot the hell out of each other and the Vegas hotel. I found myself saying out loud, "HOLY $HIT!!" every 5 minutes. I don't know, but I guess because I like Vegas so much, whenever a movie takes place there, I end up liking it. I just like all the neon lights and the surrealism of it all. I also like watching the strip 'cause I know I've been there many times.

Trust me, guys. You'll love this movie. Anybody ever see "Running Scared" with Paul Walker in it? Or "Shoot 'Em Up" with Clive Owens? It's similar to those movies with about 10 times more violence and crazy dialogue. I give it about 18 opposable thumbs up...