Movie Review: Lucky Number Slevin
Apr 25th, 2008 by admin
- Director: Paul McGuigan
- Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller
- Year: 2006
With a hint of Guy Ritchie, in its mood, this movie is thoroughly entertaining and while certainly no Oscar material, there is more than enough here to tickle most people’s brains in a pleasant way. The story is one of misdirection, and this is given to you right off the bat in the first fifteen minutes of the movie. From that point on, we are told the story of an unfortunate young man (Josh Harnett) who finds himself in the unenviable position of being in debt two two gangsters, both of whom have put him on a deadline. Given a case of mistaken identity, Slevin can not prove that he is not Nick Fisher and is therefore forced to find a way out on his own, aided only by the sexy next door neighbor, with a charming, cooky personality that quickly becomes the only light in Slevin’s sorry situation.
As I said before, this is not Oscar material, and the characterizations are definately a bit guided, so that we are constantly reminded that these are characters and not real people, which can often hurt the believability of a movie. However, in this case, such a flaw does not create much damage, given that light under which it is cast to begin with. Even then, this flick is worth the watch, highly entertaining and with some memorable scenes. Though its one flaw is on the dialogue that wants to be a little bit too clever and does not always work. Other than that, grab the popcorn…this one is a fun one
Rating: 4 out of 5
Notes: Violence and language. Lucy Liu is extremely cute in this movie. So extremely cut in fact that it must be noted here as a warning.
Quote: Slevin: Who are you?
The Boss: I’m The Boss.
Slevin: I thought he was The Boss.
The Boss: Why? Do we look alike?