Lucky # SlevinDirector: Paul McGuigan; Stars: Josh Hartnett; Release Date: September 12, 2006 |
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Lucky # Slevin - 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 s...
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| Key Information | |
| Directors | Paul McGuigan |
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| Stars | Josh Hartnett |
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| Actors | Sam Jaeger |
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| Genre | Dramas |
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| Subgenre | Mystery |
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| MPAA Rating | R (MPAA) |
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| Available Formats | DVD: Full Frame Edition |
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| UPC | 796019794824 |
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| Release Date | 2006 |
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| Running Time | 1hr 50min |
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| Languages | |
| Original Language | English |
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| DVD Editions | DVD: Widescreen Edition1hr 50minGenius Productions, Inc.September 12, 2006R (MPAA)796019794817 |
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| Credits | |
| Screenwriter | Jason Smilovic |
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| Professional Reviews | (04/01/2006, p.63-64, Geoffrey Macnab): "[F]ull of baroque and bloody set-pieces....Throughout McGuigan juxtaposes joshing, comic interludes with material that is dark..." |
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