Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Tayloriona Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

ahmmed_elsaid Don't waste your time watching trash movies like that one . you better go find something useful

dawnzap I love how y'all are calling this movie "guy noir" and acting like it's a movie for guys when I am all girl and this is one of my favorite movies. I just love everything about this flick. It's good fun and the cast is to die for. Y'all need to loosen up a little ;)

bowmanblue Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was the first film I saw which involved multiple sets of characters going about their - murderous - business, independently of each other, only for their paths to eventually cross. There may be other movies before Lock Stock which have used a similar model, but I can't name them right now.Since then, both America and Britain have produced more of the same sorts of gangster movies. Smoking Aces is one such film. Only this time we add the FBI into the mix as they try to save potential informant Buddy 'Aces' Israel from being assassinated by several different contract killers.I've watched Smoking Aces three times now and each time I find I've forgotten what it's all about (or the finer details and plot twists). I'm not sure whether it's a good thing or not that a - quite complex - film leaves my memory so quickly. Either way, I do enjoy it, even though it probably could be better.With any film which utilises many characters, you can expect the story to never be able to do every last one of them justice. Many of the hit men are simply one-dimensional tools, used to move the plot (or what little plot there is) forward.Perhaps Smoking Aces is a victim of its own aspirations. It tries to be incredibly complex, but ends up being a bit confusing if you're trying to follow it too closely. Either way, it's a daft, fun film that shouldn't be taken too seriously. If you like your gangster films gritty and violent - and aren't bothered by a few plot inconsistencies - give it a go. It's not half as bad as some of the other reviewers are making out. It's no classic, but it's worth a watch nonetheless.

heath-jeffrey Overall a pretty solid action movie. It's a bit quirky in places (such as with one of the teams of assassins that are reminiscent of Mad Max characters), but otherwise just good modern action. A lot of good genre-relevant actors in it too.But it's Ryan Reynolds and the character he plays that really helps keep you engaged. Without that character, it would be mindless, pointless action, but his character brings in some genuine human response to it all - helps the audience sympathise and thereby feel more involved in the story.Just a shame that there's no real twist. They set up this 'Israel' character as being some kind of clever magician, fiddling with his card tricks, and making comments about seeing something that's not really the case... but nothing ever happens with that. A bit of let down when everything else was really quite strong for the genre.