Lucky Number Slevin

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Director: Paul McGuigan

This film is about a guy named Slevin (Josh Hartnett) who is mistaken for someone he is not by a mob boss (Morgan Freeman) and hired to kill the son of the opposing mob boss (played by Ben Kingsly). At the same time there is another hitman wandering around (Bruce Willis), an undercover police officer (Stanley Tucci) and a girl that lives across the hall (Lucy Liu) to complicate things. Great cast. Not so great movie.

This film has so many plot holes in it I couldn't really count them all. I can suspend my disbelief as much as the next guy, but there was just a lot of stuff in this movie that was rediculous. Why would bodyguards bust through the wall? Why don't they just walk in through the door like everyone else. How do you get the unconscious body of a mafia kingpin down from one highrise penthouse and up into another without anyone seeing? If a guy is pretending to be someone why would he tell someone he isn't? If you watch the whole movie you will see it is sort of a trick inside a trick. I don't want to give away the ending, but the whole thing it too contrived for my liking. If you go back and think about the entire film in light of the last 20 minute, you will see that there are just lots of problems that are never addressed. Other than that though, this was a fairly enjoyable film. There were some nice stylistic flourishes reminiscent of Guy Ritchie, and the few action scenes are well done for the most part.

The wallpaper in the movie is amazing. If you happen to watch this movie, keep a look out for the wallpaper designs. I really like them. They are amazing; very retro. Several times during the film I found myself wondering where I could find that particular pattern.

My rating: 3 out of 5