Lucky Number Slevin - Review Thread

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Lucky Number Slevin - Review Thread

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April 7th, 2006

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Lucky Number Slevin
A Review by Tyler Foster
for The Following Preview (http://www.followingpreview.com)

Lucky Number Slevin is one of those movies that lies on the line between good and bad, including plenty of cool moments but suffering from a predictable story, shaky start and drawn-out ending. For every reason to see the flick, there’s exactly one equally good reason not to, and by the end of the year, it will have slipped beneath the radar, lost in the shelves of video rental stores. However, walking into the theater for the first time in a long time knowing nothing about the movie, having not seen a single frame, something average seemed just a little cooler, just a little bit more fun, and Lucky Number Slevin is just worth the eight bucks you’ll have to shell out at the theater to check it out.

Josh Hartnett plays Slevin, a guy who’s just been dumped, fired and mugged, and has arrived at his friend’s apartment in the city to find it empty. That morning, he’s in his bathrobe when a cute neighbor (Lucy Liu, charming, sexy and funny) barges in looking for a cup of sugar, and not one but two different sets of thugs follow soon after, looking for the owner of the apartment but finding only Slevin. Slevin finds himself at the bad end of two deals, with The Boss (Morgan Freeman, as good as ever) and The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley, in a fun flick for once but coming off corny and stiff). Behind the scenes, a tired cop (Stanley Tucci, passable) watches everything, and an assassin named Goodkat (Bruce Willis, also passable) keeps tabs on the goings-on.

This movie, if anything, should make Josh Hartnett into a true headlining star. He's brilliant as Slevin, with such charisma and charm, he's like a young Brad Pitt (he even resembles him -- it's almost creepy). On the other end of the spectrum, the film's big twist ending is as thin as tissue paper and as easy to spot as a neon sign, and yet the film takes what seems like 20 minutes to spit it out. McGuigan directs with plenty of style, though, and combined with sharp dialogue by writer Jason Smilovic and some cool-as-ice performances, it's easy to forgive the ending. I wonder if (I hope) the movie's week-long release date push might be to change the ending after test screening audiences reacted badly.

There are movies that are great once, and then you never watch them again, but this isn't one of those. There are movies that just seem great on the surface, too, but turn out, upon inspection, to be lazy and unoriginal, but this isn't one of those either. This is a movie you watch for fun, when you don't have anything new to see and just want to relax, without the need to pay a lot of attention. Lucky Number Slevin is just so amicable that it's hard not to forgive its flaws and just enjoy the film. It's kind of like Slevin himself -- seemingly interchangeable with whoever it is you're really looking for but actually very good at what he does.

Stars (out of four): ***

Starring Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci and Bruce Willis
Written by Jason Smilovic | Directed by Paul McGuigan
The Weinstein Company (2006) | 109 Minutes
This film has not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America

[droidguy1119]

Looks like the poll option I clicked at the last minute failed to work.

Also, there isn't any poster or photos available for the movie yet, that's why I didn't post any.

[NastyNas04]

I've been wanting to see this since I saw the promo footage it dosen't come out until april now for the rest of us

[droidguy1119]

I've been wanting to see this since I saw the promo footage it dosen't come out until april now for the rest of usApril when?

[NastyNas04]

April when?

April 7th

[droidguy1119]

Added the Theatrical Trailer and link to the Official Site.

[droidguy1119]

Updated with the new poster.

[WuTical]

Anyone else see this yet ?

was thinking about seeing it today

[NastyNas04]

I'm probably gonna see this during the weekend

[Ewok Droppings]

Honestly this movie doesn't look that exciting, but I might end up seeing it due to complete lack of decent movies for the past almost 3 or 4 months. Hollywood is drying up I think.

[Fanible]

Honestly this movie doesn't look that exciting, but I might end up seeing it due to complete lack of decent movies for the past almost 3 or 4 months. Hollywood is drying up I think.

I've seen quite a few good movies in the last 3 or 4 months.

[Tornado]

I might see this, but probably not this weekend. I am a Bruce Willis fan, so the chance is definitely there.

[Glordreen]

gonna movie hop and see this and Benchwarmers

[quiksilver022]

droid, you lucky bastard.. Always first to see movies! The only premiere I've gone to this year was 'Ice Age 2', and hopefully 'Scary Movie 4' on Thursday night, but they're having press screenings starting Monday for that, so I take it you'll be first to post on it!

[Ewok Droppings]

I've seen quite a few good movies in the last 3 or 4 months.
Good for you, I haven't

[NastyNas04]

D**N good movie A-

[Andrey83]

Thats is the most bad ass picture of Bruce Willis since Die Hard or something. Anyone know if there is a poster with just that Bruce Willis picture out?

[thapunisher67]

I must say, I went not expecting too much from this film but I was pleasantly surprised. Its got great acting, fantastic story, great camera work, and it is overall a very intelligent and fun film. If you're looking for a good film to entertain you over the weekend then this is the film for you

[Doomsday]

I'm with punisher, I was very surprised at how cool this movie was. Might not have been the best movie I've seen for a while, but I've enjoyed it the most.

[Brock Landers]

Honestly this movie doesn't look that exciting, but I might end up seeing it due to complete lack of decent movies for the past almost 3 or 4 months. Hollywood is drying up I think.

The January to April part of the movie season is always pretty slow. Things really don't start picking up until May-ish.



P.S. Saw this yesterday. Fairly good movie.

[Brenzi51]

I didn't find the twist to be a BIG as some others said that it was, however, I found it to be good and certainly worth the price of admission imo...

[halo7]

Very Entertaining.

Not a classic. But not exactly a forgettable flick.

7.8/10

[Fanible]

Good for you, I haven't

That's probably because you're wasting your time seeing movies like "Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector" instead. ;)

Easy Ewok, I'm just messin with ya. :cool:

[fantasticfour40]

I have plans to see it with my friend tommorrow. I'll post my review tommorrow night.

[hei1spawn1]

Good-ass movie (thats about how in-depth my reviews get)


8/10

[fantasticfour40]

Lucky Number Slevin" has a brilliant cast that includes Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman and Sir Ben Kingsley. The movie is also a fresh con-artist film. The violence is full of flesh and blood. [QUOTE]Almost everybody dies in this movie[QUOTE]. Not only does almost everybody die, but you keep guessing what the characters are going to do next. You also have the script which is going in all different directions. The editing and pace of the film is unique and stylish. If you like complex characters, a twisty and turny story it's obvious that you'll love "Lucky Number Slevin".

[Drizzt240]

Who the hell likes simplistic characters?

[Andrey83]

["Lucky Number Slevin" has a brilliant cast that includes Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman and Sir Ben Kingsley. The movie is also a fresh con-artist film. The violence is full of flesh and blood. Almost everybody dies in this movie. Not only does almost everybody die, but you keep guessing what the characters are going to do next. You also have the script which is going in all different directions. The editing and pace of the film is unique and stylish. If you like simplistic characters, a twisty and turny story it's obvious that you'll love "Lucky Number Slevin".

Cool!! Now it will be really exciting to see it!! :rolleyes:

Use spoiler tags next time please.

[FVD]

Well this looks like a good movie to watch. Sadly I have no idea when it's due to reach my shores. :(

I won't be surprised if it comes in August like Sin City did last year. I've finally received confirmation that Glory Road is coming in June. Why so damn long????? :mad:

[fantasticfour40]

Who the hell likes simplistic characters?

I changed it to complex characters instead of simplistic. Simplistic characters would be made out of cardboard.

[Andrey83]

Then edit your fraking post to include spoiler tags while your at it

[fantasticfour40]

You didn't have to be that harsh there.

[Brock Landers]

You didn't have to be that harsh there.

He wasn't being harsh at all. It should've been quite obvious to you that that needed to be tagged for spoilers.

[fantasticfour40]

Let's get back on topic. I changed that one sentence to a spoiler tag.

[Citizen Kane]

Go away.

[fantasticfour40]

I'm sorry for ruining the ending, Geesh!

[Ewok Droppings]

You didn't ruin the ending. This movie was good, but a one-timer. Once you see it and learn all the twists and turns it won't ever be the same watching it again. It was OK, but definitely not something that I would normally look forward to. You can sort of guess a lot of what will happen with the twists before they start happening. I found the first half of the movie a bit on the slow side while they were establishing plot lines.

At best I give this movie a 7.5/10 It was good, but IMO it was only good and not great.

[fantasticfour40]

Yeah I agree it was a little slow at the beginning and hard to figure out. I think the best part of the movie was the acting, especially by a big cast like Ben Kingsley, Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu. The list goes on and on.

[iv3rdawG]

I love how fantastic four still hasn't edited his post with spoiler tags.

[fantasticfour40]

How do you do that?

[iv3rdawG]

text

Don't put the . in though

[Ewok Droppings]

It's not like he revealed a huge plot detail or anything. I think the fact that he mentioned everyone dies might be the only thing, but that's still pretty weak and you gather that during the opening credits anyways.

[poeman]

this film was very bad ass

8/10

[halo7]

It's not like he revealed a huge plot detail or anything. I think the fact that he mentioned everyone dies might be the only thing, but that's still pretty weak and you gather that during the opening credits anyways.

Really..

I didnt notice that in the opening credits?

[The_Homebum]

I agree with that review, I really likes lucky number slevin, it was stylish and fun, i'd prob see it again although im definitely gonna get it on dvd. :)

[xPanda]

This movie lived up to everything that I thought it would. After seeing the trailer on the movie's site, I was hooked. I haven't seen a thriller like this come out in quite some time. To top it all off, there plenty of big names too. Willis, Hartnett, and Liu - to name a few. Overall, great movie - great way for me to spend my $7. Definitely plan on checking it out again sometime in the near future.

[matthall]

I was impressed and I loved the Hartnetss Liu scenes. They were some of the most exciting scenes in a long time. And is it just me or does Hartnett seem to improve his acting with every movie he does? I thought he was bad in Pearl Harbor, quite good in Wicker Park (though a bit static and akward at times) and in this I didn't see the actor at all and not a cringe-worthy moment either. Very good.

[ilier]

This is my favourite film!!!Lucy Liu is the best actress ever!!!

10 out 10

[DAN!]

it was a pretty good movie. it seemed to have like a pulp fiction style to it, only not as good. But i liked it much more than i thought, and it was a much smarter movie than i thouught. i was surprised it wassn't a bigger hit.

[masha lover]

This movie was good, but a one-timer. Once you see it and learn all the twists and turns it won't ever be the same watching it again.
just recently seen this gem & im sorry but that statement is absolutely untrue. this film is actually even better the 2nd time around because you see and understand the expressions and lines from the characters that seem ordinary on 1st viewing. but they're all there for a reason on 2nd or 3rd viewing. this movie ages well like pulp fiction.

[squeekness]

This movie was one of the best I had seen in some time and yeah, when I watched it again after buying the DVD it still held up well even if I knew how it ended. I love these ironic twist kind of movies that get you in the end. I loved the performances of everyone who was in it.

[masha lover]

kansas city shuffle rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[droidguy1119]

Yeah, Lucky Number Slevin is so good-natured it holds up better than it should, what with the relatively obvious plot and agonizingly slow denoument. I bought the DVD as well, although I haven't checked out the commentaries yet.

[Nesis]

Well performed and highly entertaining from beginning to end.


8/10

[ruban]

8.1 Made prediction at the beginning of the movie so I don't think it's all that clever. Maybe tried to be too clever, but I loved the art direction and dialogue.

[carnage4u]

Rented it and greatly enjoyed it. Very well done movie.

[TexasBoy]

Entertaining...but I've seen better. The cast was great so I guess I expected more. I give it a 7.