Lucky Number Slevin

In an era where it seems that all movies are doing is making the same thing over and over or sequel after sequel out steps Lucky Number Slevin. Lucky Number Slevin is one of the best movies I have had the pleasure of watching. With such a star studded cast most would think that Slevin would not be as good as it is. This movie keeps you on the edge of your seat and keeps you guessing at what will happen next.

Directed by Paul McGuigan (Wicker Park) who brings his choppy, quick to the punch style to this movie and is what really makes Lucky Number Slevin stand out from the rest. Josh Hartnett (40 Days & 40 Nights) takes the lead role as the wrong person in the wrong place and is confused for his friend Nick Fisher. Fisher happens to owe a lot of money to The Boss, played by Morgan Freeman (Deep Impact), and The Rabbi, played by Sir Ben Kingsley (Ghandi). Bruce Willis plays Mr. Goodkat, an assassin who is making Fisher make the hits that Goodkat will then get payed for. The name dropping doesn’t stop there, Lucy Lui (Kill Bill Vol. 1) plays the neighbor of Fisher who is very determined to find out what is going on, Stanley Tucci (Big Trouble) plays police chief Brikowski. And Mykelti Williamson (Forrest Gump) plays a dimwitted thug that works for The Boss.

As the movie begins in an airport a man in a wheelchair tells a young man about a Kansas City Shuffle, a fixed horse race back in 1979 that resulted in a family’s untimely death. In New York Hartnett’s character is mistaken for his friend Nick Fisher. Since noone knows what Fisher looks like everyone assumes that Harnett is Fisher. He is then taken before two mob bosses that are in the middle of a war with each other. Since Fisher owes money to both sides, he is set up by Mr. Goodkat (Willis) who is hired to kill the son of The Rabbi (Kingsley) by The Boss (Freeman) who believes that his son was killed by The Rabbi’s faction. The accussed Fisher is trying to prove he is not who he says he is but has to go along with the ordeal because his life depends on it.

Lucky Number Slevin has many twists and many more turns that will have you trying to figure things out from the first minute of the movie, but what you don’t get is that what you think will happen either has already happened or you were thinking the wrong way. With Slevin you will find yourself talking about how good this movie was shot and portrayed. This is definitely a movie that will stick with you and make you want to watch it more than once.

Lucky Number Slevin gets a 4.25 out of 5.

This movie is definitely a MUST OWN, even if you don’t like movies you will love this movie.