A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most infamous crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (.. Read more
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley |
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| Director | Paul McGuigan |
| Genres | Thriller |
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A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most infamous crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as the infamous assassin Goodkat (Bruce Willis) and finds himself having to hatch his own ingenious plot to get them before they get him.
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci, Rick Bramucci, Kevin Chamberlin, Oliver Davis, Victorio Fodor, Sam Jaeger, Dorian Missick, Shira Leigh, Janet Lane |
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| Director | Paul McGuigan |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 45 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 19 Jun 2006 Blu-ray: 02 Nov 2009 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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The film opens with 2 bookies being shot at the races, after a tip off about a horse. Then we are believed that Sleven finds his wife in bed with another man, he is then bannished from his flat, and so goes to stay at his friend Nicks apartment, but outside he is mugged and gets his nose broken, all in all I would say he is having a bad day.
Things then go from bad to worse, when 2 men turn up looking for Nick and mistaken Sleven for him, they take Sleven to the Crime Boss, where Morgon Freeman tells him he is owed £96K, or alternatively he is to kill the Rabbi's son, the rival crime boss from accross the street, he then arrives back at the flat and 2 more chaps turn up and cart him off to see the Rabbi, he is then told he owes £30k to him, now when all this is going on we see Bruce in the background but until the end we don't really know what part he plays in it.
The film has more twists and turns than 'The Big One' and is a very slick thriller, full of guns shots, and clever editing, the acting is great and the film is very entertaining if not a little souless as you never really get in to the characters mind. All in all I would recommend you watch this on DVD. would give this 3 and a half stars, really.
Didn't finish watching this film, I'd lost the will to live after the first 20mins. I think the producer had watched Lock Stock and Snatch and probably Pulp Fiction and thought he could pull off a similar caper. Well he didn't. Forget it.
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