'Lucky Number Slevin' a sure thing in entertainment
By Mary Lynn Ritch
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Staff Writer
- Movie Review -
In the mood for action, tons of violence, disturbing scenes of gore, espionage mob bosses bickering like children and tons of laughter all in the same movie?
Then "Lucky Number Slevin" is the right movie. This "Pulp Fiction"-like movie does not disappoint with its all-star cast.
Slevin (Josh Hartnett) is a mysterious, misunderstood man who is down on his luck. He is mugged, dumped and evicted all on the same day. He walks into a friend's apartment and decides to stay there without the friend's knowledge. Nick Fischer (Sam Jaeger), his friend, like Slevin, is also very unlucky and is nowhere to be found.
Soon Slevin's luck becomes much worse when two mob bosses, one being The Boss (Morgan Freeman) and one being The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley), send for Fischer because he owes both of them ridiculous amounts of money. Their henchmen assume that Slevin is Fischer, and Slevin is threatened by both mob bosses. However, Slevin does not seem to be affected by his situation. What he doesn't know is that both The Rabbi and The Boss hired the same assassin to follow him to make sure he does the jobs they assign him.
Meanwhile, love interest and nosy neighbor Lindsey (Lucy Liu) tries to help Slevin figure out what to do with his predicament and what exactly happened to Fischer.
This movie has incredible twists and turns that leave an audience on the edge of their seats with a "nothing as it seems" ending. The dialogue is humorous and somewhat dry at times, and all in all this a decent, well-written movie with a great cast.
Although it's somewhat dark, the movie is extremely entertaining. Go out and rent it!
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