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Lucky # Slevin (Widescreen) (DVD)

Josh Hartnett (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor) and Paul McGuigan (director)
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Review

USA Today, 03/31/2006, p.6E, "[The film] will get under your skin with its stylish production design, slick dialogue and offbeat characters. This pop-culture-infused mistaken-identity thriller ultimately grabs hold and beguiles..."

Entertainment Weekly, 04/14/2006, p.64, "Jason Smilovic's script, which keeps you guessing...has been staged with aggressive finesse by director Paul McGuigan..." -- Grade: B-

Uncut, 03/01/2006, p.128, 4 stars out of 5 -- "An intoxicating hotchpotch of gangsters, gamblers, vengeance and paranoia....Hartnett's laid-back insouciance never deserts him..."

Sight and Sound, 04/01/2006, p.63-64, "[F]ull of baroque and bloody set-pieces....Throughout McGuigan juxtaposes joshing, comic interludes with material that is dark..."

Total Film, 07/01/2006, p.103, 3 stars out of 5 -- "The pleasure is in the throwaway dialogue, the artfully jumbled chronology and Lucy Liu, giving the movie a vital jolt of energy..."

Ultimate DVD, 08/01/2006, p.106, 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is one of the most intelligent and clever films you could hope to see."

Title Note

Theatrical Release: April 7, 2006

Release Note

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Closed Captioned - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
Commentaries - 1. Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu - Stars, Jason Smilovic - Screenwriter
2. Paul McGuigan - Director
Featurettes - 1. "Making LUCKY # SLEVIN"
2. Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending

Product Notes

Directed by Paul McGuigan, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN is a mistaken identity thriller starring Josh Hartnett as a guy who ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. With boldly colored sets covered in graphic wallpaper, the film has an almost comicbook-like feel, the emphasis being on visual entertainment rather than believability. When Slevin (Hartnett) shows up at his friend Nick's apartment in Manhattan, Nick is nowhere to be found. After meeting Nick's sharp and flirty neighbor, Lindsey (Lucy Liu), Slevin is kidnapped by two thugs and taken to meet the Boss (Morgan Freeman). Explaining that he is not Nick gets him nowhere, as the Boss and his arch rival, the Rabbi (Ben Kingsley), both pull Slevin (a wiseguy who spends much of the film in a lavender towel) deeper and deeper into a complicated underworld of murder and revenge. The clever dialogue and romance that grows between Hartnett and Liu gives the film a lighthearted charm. Even when orchestrating cold-blooded murder, the film's lead villains never seem too threatening. This is due in large part to the strong tongue-in-cheek performances of Bruce Willis, Ben Kingsley, and Morgan Freeman.

Many of the film's plot twists rely on camera tricks and quick editing, which are used to deliberately confuse the viewer. While the storyline is convoluted and the film falls into a self-explanatory trap near the end, the world of LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN is never meant to be taken too seriously. Displaying a Tarantino-like self-awareness, the film makes frequent references to James Bond and vintage cinema, and contains such strong visual elements that viewers are forced to notice each character's surroundings. The film is incredibly stylish and old-fashioned in this way, with particular attention paid to each villain's dwelling, and with the production design often saying more than the characters themselves.

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2 out of 5 stars Not so Lucky, May 7, 2008
By Frank the Tank
If I was a betting man I would defiantly not put my money down on Lucky # Slevin. This wanna be British crime flick, a la Guy Ritchie, has a couple of major problems. First problem is that it is not British. The second problem is that not directed by Guy Ritchie. It doesnt have the wit or turns that a Ritchie crime movie offers.The writing is flat and right off the bat you know how this one is going to end, so the turns in this film are like the turns at the track, you know where they are and when they are going to come. The Saving grace of this film is the acting of Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, and Stanley Tucci. I mean have these guys ever given a bad performance? This is a film that I would watch if there was nothing on and Ive lost all my DVDs.

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