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Smokin' Aces is a 2006 American action thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan.The film centers on the chase for Las Vegas magician turned mafia informant Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven), on whom a one-million-dollar bounty is placed.
Foundas calls the film a clone of The Hangover and praises Mary Steenburgen for her performance but says "The rest of the movie rarely if ever rises to Steenburgen's level." [12] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club gave the film a grade D− and wrote: "The high point of Last Vegas is also arguably the low point of Robert De Niro's career." [13]
The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, and Garret Dillahunt. It follows a group of mercenaries who plan a Las Vegas casino heist during a zombie apocalypse.
The finale takes place in Las Vegas. 1997: Vegas Vacation: Filmed at The Mirage and Fremont Street. 1997: Fools Rush In: 1998: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: 1998: Speedway Junky: 1998: Very Bad Things: The bachelor party scenes are set in Las Vegas. 1999: Go: 1999: The Conmen in Vegas: Scene in the Las Vegas Strip. 1999: Wishmaster 2: Evil ...
Jerry Logan, a cab driver in Las Vegas, picks up a nervous passenger who offers him $100 to get to the airport as quickly as possible. Unknown to Jerry, the man has stolen $1 million from Al Chambers, a mob-connected casino manager. Chambers himself skimmed the money from mob boss August Gurino.
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When we were at the point of getting the film financed, we had a lawyer look over the script and the film to make sure there weren't too many similarities. I mean, there were things we had to change; for example, one of the characters in the movie was a baker, and there was also a baker in our script, so we had to change some very minor things.
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