When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel (Piven) decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing. Read more
| Starring | Nestor Carbonell, Jason Bateman, Sharon Bruneau, Jeremy Piven |
|---|---|
| Director | Joe Carnahan |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Thriller |
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When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel (Piven) decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
| Starring | Nestor Carbonell, Jason Bateman, Sharon Bruneau, Jeremy Piven, Andy Garcia, Clare Carey, Ben Affleck, Peter Berg, Brian Bloom, Alicia Keys |
|---|---|
| Director | Joe Carnahan |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 49 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English HD DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Icelandic |
| Released | DVD: 07 May 2007 Blu-ray: unknown HD DVD: 07 May 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
This indulgent, luridly mounted actioner sees Hollywood golden boy Jeremy Piven horribly miscast as the crestfallen... read more on Time Out
Full respect to Carnahan for making the tired crime genre feel fresh
This film is painful. Considering the cast they had to work with, it's a miracle anyone could produce something as shockingly mundane and uninspired as this. To all the people who gave this 4 and 5 stars - WERE WE WATCHING THE SAME FILM? It's blasphemy to compare this to Lock Stock in any sense. It lacks any sophistication, the dialogue is functional at best, the editing and music are hectic to the point of nausea and the 'violence' is laughably tame. Whoever said this film was brutal needs to start watching some more films. In a nutshell, do not waste your rental on this film, I wish I hadn't.
Well, after the trailer sold an exciting, hip, fast action flick, we settled down to watch this with quite high expectations, only to be very disappointed after it ended. I would avoid this.
R&B singer-turned-actress Alicia Keys is expanding her film credentials after landing a production deal with Disney. Keys, who has starred in movies Smokin' Aces and The Nanny Diaries, has teamed up with her manager Jeff Robinson to develop new live action and animation projects for the kids' entertainment giant. Their first film, a remake of the 1958 comedy Bell, Book and Candle, will see Keys take on double duty as producer and actress, voicing a witch who casts a spell over an enemy's... Read more