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Now this is how you make a film!
Josh Hartnett is Slevin, a guy mistaken for his friend Nick & taken to see 2 differenct crime bosses, (Morgan Freeman & Ben Kingsley) who apparently Nick owes money to, thus he owes them money. Throw in Bruce Willis as Smith, "a world class assassin ****head" & Lucy Lui as Nicks feisty energetic neighbour, and you've got yourself the makings of a good movie.
Then you add a script that you would swear is written by Guy Ritchie (i refer to Lock,Stock & Snatch days). Plus some damn cool camera work, style that would make Tony Scott embarassed and you've got yourself an even better sounding movie.
As i have bigged this movie up a fair bit from the above to paragraphs you would guess that i liked it........... YES! This is the best film i have seen in ages, the best of '06 so far, better than anything in '05, possibly the best film in the 2000's. Its not just for the above mentioned reasons, its everything, Slevin is a excellent film.
All the lead cast is fantastic. Lucy standing out the most, she is great, Linsey (her character) is so funny aswell, imagine the energiser bunny but much cuter. Bruce is great as Smith, even if he probably has the least smart dialogue. Ben & Morgan are slightly run of the mill character's, but again its the script that sets them apart, its so clever & sounds class to listen too. Everytime either of them are talking with Josh (Slevin) the witt is spot on, but neither have the upper hand in any conversation, its so much fun to watch. Josh, not everyone's cup of tea, but he is great in this, a smart mouth knowbody "in the wrong place at the wrong time".
Ok, so all the actors are good, why is it that good though? Well after all the clever writing in terms of dialogue, we get all the twists & turns. Writers of 24 pay attention, this is how you do it. There has to be a good 7 or 8 clever twists in this, all of which are good, none of which i guessed (and i nearly always do). One of them half the cinema actually went "huhh" at, it was that good.
The flaws?? ok, there are 2. Ben Kingsleys accent is a bit odd & they do have one twist to many at the end, they couldve ended it a minute or two earlier. But hey its hollywood.
Top-notch film-making, best film have seen in years!
9/10
Anyone else seen it?
Josh Hartnett is Slevin, a guy mistaken for his friend Nick & taken to see 2 differenct crime bosses, (Morgan Freeman & Ben Kingsley) who apparently Nick owes money to, thus he owes them money. Throw in Bruce Willis as Smith, "a world class assassin ****head" & Lucy Lui as Nicks feisty energetic neighbour, and you've got yourself the makings of a good movie.
Then you add a script that you would swear is written by Guy Ritchie (i refer to Lock,Stock & Snatch days). Plus some damn cool camera work, style that would make Tony Scott embarassed and you've got yourself an even better sounding movie.
As i have bigged this movie up a fair bit from the above to paragraphs you would guess that i liked it........... YES! This is the best film i have seen in ages, the best of '06 so far, better than anything in '05, possibly the best film in the 2000's. Its not just for the above mentioned reasons, its everything, Slevin is a excellent film.
All the lead cast is fantastic. Lucy standing out the most, she is great, Linsey (her character) is so funny aswell, imagine the energiser bunny but much cuter. Bruce is great as Smith, even if he probably has the least smart dialogue. Ben & Morgan are slightly run of the mill character's, but again its the script that sets them apart, its so clever & sounds class to listen too. Everytime either of them are talking with Josh (Slevin) the witt is spot on, but neither have the upper hand in any conversation, its so much fun to watch. Josh, not everyone's cup of tea, but he is great in this, a smart mouth knowbody "in the wrong place at the wrong time".
Ok, so all the actors are good, why is it that good though? Well after all the clever writing in terms of dialogue, we get all the twists & turns. Writers of 24 pay attention, this is how you do it. There has to be a good 7 or 8 clever twists in this, all of which are good, none of which i guessed (and i nearly always do). One of them half the cinema actually went "huhh" at, it was that good.
The flaws?? ok, there are 2. Ben Kingsleys accent is a bit odd & they do have one twist to many at the end, they couldve ended it a minute or two earlier. But hey its hollywood.
Top-notch film-making, best film have seen in years!
9/10
Anyone else seen it?