| Director:Joe
Carnahan
Writer
(WGA):Joe Carnahan (written by)
Contact:View
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Release Date:26 January 2007 (USA) more
Genre:Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:May the best hitman win. more
Plot:When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy
Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against
the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like
to make sure he's no longer breathing. full summary | full
synopsis
Awards:4 wins more
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| Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)
Ryan
Reynolds ... Richard Messner
Ray
Liotta ... Donald Carruthers
Joseph Ruskin ... Primo Sparazza
Alex
Rocco ... Serna
Wayne
Newton ... Himself
Jeremy
Piven ... Buddy Israel
Ben
Affleck ... Jack Dupree
Peter
Berg ... "Pistol" Pete Deeks
Martin
Henderson ... Hollis Elmore
Common ... Sir Ivy
Christopher
Michael Holley ... Beanie (as Christopher Holley)
Andy
Garcia ... Stanley Locke
Mike
Falkow ... Freeman Heller
Joe Drago ... FBI Aid
Jeff Habberstad ... Top Coated Gunman
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| Buddy
"Aces" Israel, (Jeremy Piven), is a self-indulgent
headliner magician at the MGM's main ballroom who grew up
inside the Las Vegas mob, headed by mob boss, Primo Sparazza
(Joseph Ruskin). "Aces" is a wannabe gangster who
believes he has the brains to start his own gang and become
his own mob boss. This move doesn't sit well with the real
mob boss, who places a $1,000,000 contract on "Aces".
When the contract hits the street, it brings out all sorts
of psychopathic killers from around the world.
"Aces"
needs protection, so he is willing to turn state's evidence
against the mob in return for witness protection and not
going to prison. While he awaits the negotiations between
his lawyer and the FBI, he is holed up in the penthouse
suite of the Nomad Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada with his
homies and some hookers. "Ace's" location must
be an open secret, because all the hit men ascend to Lake
Tahoe and converge on the penthouse to cash in on a big
payday.
Now
the spoilers...
Ace
is illegitimate son of Sparazza, who is really a rogue FBI
agent who took his identity years earlier. Sparazza wants
him killed so he can have his heart transplanted, as his
is failing. The FBI want to make this happen so they can
get info on mob activities from Sparazza. FBI agent Messner
(Ryan Reynolds), who lost his partner in the shootouts,
is disgusted by the new information, and pulls the plug
on the life support systems for both father and son.
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