Unlucky Slevin Lacks Bang
- Title: Lucky Number Slevin
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I’m not a big Josh Hartnett fan; I’ve seen to many of his movies. I know that sounds harsh but anybody else remember Hollywood Homicide, 40 Days and 40 Nights, Blow Dry, and Pearl Harbor? Slevin takes a rather simple plot and twists it up in a maze-like formula of so many thrillers these days. While it’s better than something like Taking Lives in the end that’s not saying much. It’s not bad, it’s got a good cast and a few memorable moments, and a 70’s style set designer for some reason. But in the end it’s just okay. Still, any film where Josh Hartnett gets punched repeatedly in the face I’m all for.
Slevin (Josh Hartnett) decides to take a trip to New York City to visit his friend Nick Fisher (Sam Jaeger). From the moment he steps into NY things go wrong. First he’s mugged getting into town losing his wallet and all identification (and getting his nose broken for the first time) and on arriving at Nick’s apartment is taken by thugs to be the owner of the apartment, his friend Nick, who has fled the city owing money to two competing gangster families and left Slevin holding the bag. With friends like these…
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