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Tuesday, September 12, 2006
This Week's Hot Video: 'Lucky Number Slevin'
LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN
Josh Hartnett is a seemingly innocent bystander, who bounces off the fists of various thugs and into an absurdly convoluted plot about a scheming hit man (Bruce Willis) and criss-crossing assassination conspiracies.
The entire plot depends on not one but two gangland bigwigs (a verbose Morgan Freeman and an overacting Ben Kingsley recycling Fagin in crime lord mode) to mistake the cheerfully hapless Slevin for a small-time gambling loser with a small fortune in debts.
An entertaining collection of quirky characters and narrative diversions distract from the fortuitous coincidences of the plot, but for all of the self-satisfied cleverness it's a bloodless pastiche. Lucy Liu co-stars. The DVD has deleted scenes including a different ending and two commentaries featuring Hartnett, Liu, director Paul McGuigan and screenwriter Jason Smilovic. 110 minutes. Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language. (Sean Axmaker)
GRADE: C+
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