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| Lucky Number Slevin (Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Paul Mcguigan
Actors: Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley
Studio: Weinstein Company
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  141 reviews
Sales Rank: 425
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 110
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 79481
UPC: 796019794817
EAN: 0796019794817
ASIN: B000FKO5QK
Theatrical Release Date: April 7, 2006
Release Date: September 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Full screen edition. I think it may be an ex-rental copy- not sure, no scratches
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How boring it is to label a movie Tarantino-esque anymore. The thing is, when it comes to an offering like Lucky Number Slevin, the shoe fits, and the result is anything but boring. Gruesome killings, arid wit, self-reflexive pop culture references, an A-list cast, and style-heavy production values abound, which gives the proceedings an epoxy bond that seals the Q.T. homage factor. Josh Hartnett--who spends a lot of buffed-up time with his shirt off--is Slevin Kelevra, a hapless fellow visiting his New York friend Nick. But Nick has disappeared, which sets off a mistaken-identity thrill ride when two goons grab Slevin (he's in Nick's apartment so he must be Nick) and take him to their crime lord boss, the Boss (Morgan Freeman). The Boss doesn't care about Slevin's wrong-man protests; he just wants the $96,000 Nick owes him. In one of many offers he can't refuse, Slevin has to agree to murder the son of the Boss's felonious arch rival, the Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) or take the bullet himself. But Slevin turns out to be no ordinary patsy. Thrown into the ingeniously designed production, clever plot twists, and academic nods to Bond, Hitchcock, and obscure old cartoons are Lucy Liu as a sexy coroner, Stanley Tucci as an obsessed cop, and Bruce Willis as a wily hit man with his finger in many pots. With so much visual and narrative trickery, there's almost too much to absorb in one viewing of this convoluted jigsaw puzzle of revenge and entertaining mayhem. Lucky Number Slevin isn't quite up to par with similarly brainy thrillers like Memento and The Usual Suspects, but the prospect of seeing it again in order to get your bearings is just as appealing.--Ted Fry
Product Description
Set in the New York underworld where nothing is as it seems Lucky Number Slevin is an action-packed fun-as-hell roller coaster ride (Venice Magazine). When down-on-his-luck Slevin (Josh Hartnett) stumbles into a running feud between the city s most feared crime bosses (Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley) he ignites an all-out war. Tracked by a mysterious assassin (Bruce Willis) and distracted by his flirtatious neighbor (Lucy Liu) Slevin must try to cheat death by turning the tables on the gangsters. If you take the best parts of Pulp Fiction The Usual Suspects and The Professional what you get is Lucky Number Slevin (Shawn Edwards Fox-TV).Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 796019794817 Manufacturer No: 79481
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| Customer Reviews: Read 136 more reviews...
 Light entertainment September 1, 2008
Bruce Willis is great as the assassin, and Josh Hartnett is pretty good as the main character, though he looks a lot like Ashton Kucher to me. Lucy Liu got on my nerves as a little too chirpy. Morgan Freeman and Sir Ben Kingsley are somewhat wasted on the material, which is a revenge plot fantasy adventure. The cutting is little too frenetic at times. But at least the plot makes sense. As Hollywood hokum, not too bad, really.
 The first 15 minutes are funny. Then it gets boring because most of the time the actors and actresses are just talking. August 26, 2008
The first 15 minutes are funny. Then it gets boring because most of the time the actors are just talking. Besides the jokes are repetitive.
 Trying hard to be cool. August 13, 2008
Lucky Number Slevin is like a kid who tries to ape his "cooler" elder brother, not realizing he has good qualities of his own. He ends up ignoring those qualities that would differentiate him from his older sibling in his pursuit to follow the footsteps, which he fails miserably.
Let's get it out of the way. This Josh Hartnett vehicle is a trying hard Tarantino/Nolan movie and it doesn't have the wit and craftiness of both. The dialogues are achingly corny and trite which reminds one of The Sphinx's lines in "Mystery Men". It's trying hard to be funny and tries to inject geek-cred by tossing in obscure references, in my mind, at inopportune times. It's as if the writer Jason Smilovic tries to put in all he knows or showing off his arcane knowledge of pop culture.
Structure-wise, despite all the twists, it's all predictable. The opening sequence clearly telegraphs the denouement. After that, we have faux-comedic first half that's incongruous with the grim and dark resolution.
The redeeming value in Lucky Number Slevin is the strong visual style in art direction and production design. That alone made me want to listen to the director's commentary. Interestingly he's candid about his work and its faults. From that honesty alone, it saved this DVD from the lowest rating.
Buy it if you're impressed by the art direction and technical aspects of the film. Don't buy it if you're expecting insights on storytelling, dialogue writing or fresh plotting.
Lucky#Slevin August 2, 2008
Good movie, but format that Amazon claims as DTS Surround in incorrect. When I received my copy it was Dolby 5.1. Not a huge deal, but I prefer DTS and expect it when its advertised.
 Loved it!!! July 27, 2008
I won't repeat the story since the reviews before mine did a wonderful job of that. I just want to say, I loved this movie! It was one surprise after another and brought back my faith in good, clever, innovative movies again. With all the sequels and remakes, it's so refreshing to find something completely different! This one is well worth the viewing time. You'll never guess the ending!
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