Genre: Action/Crime/Mystery
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Common, Alicia Keys, Andy Garcia, Taraji P. Henson, Tommy Flanagan
Narrating the story of the dirty world of Vegas, the movie depicts crime rings, mob bosses and FBI. Buddy Israel (Piven) is a Vegas award-winning entertainer who enters the crime world and gets affiliated with mob boss Primo Sparazza. Due to differences between Sparazza and Israel, they part ways and Sparazza now wants Israel dead and not just dead, wants his beating heart in his hand and for this he has put a $ 1 million bounty on Israel's head. Word gets around of the bounty and hit men, mass murderers and assassins run amok to get their hands on Israel first including Sparazza's own hired man, the mysterious Swede, of whom the FBI has no record. FBI Deputy Director Locke (Garcia) is in talks with Israel on an immunity deal and Agent Messner (Reynolds) and Agent Carruthers (Liotta) are sent to secure Israel from the 'Swede'. The movie in a way reminds one of how a Guy Ritchie movie would be, sans the humour and sarcasm. It is a decent attempt at showing multiple people gunning for a common target but the movie is still off the mark and along with some additional elements it could have been made much better. Some unwanted dramatic bits but showcases Vegas crime and glamour quite aptly.
Thumbs up: A nice action and crime entertainer
Thumbs down: Lacks that 'feeling' or 'punch' before you can really start to appreciate it
Rating: 6.8/10
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