| | Lucky # Slevin DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Action/Adventure DVDs, Action Movies, Dramas Videos, Thriller, Mystery, Romance, New York City, Revenge, Mobsters, Gambling, Blackmail | | Starring | Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci, Lucy Liu, Kevin Chamberlin, Oliver Davis, Sam Jaeger, Dorian Missick, Michael Rubenfeld | | Director | Paul McGuigan | | Composer | Joshua Ralph | | Costume Designer | Odette Gadoury | | Director of Photography | Peter Sova | | Editor | Andrew Hulme | | Executive Producer | Andreas Grosch, Christopher Eberts | | Producer | Kia Jam | | Production Designer | Francois Seguin | | Screenwriter | Jason Smilovic |
Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Morgan Freeman, and Sir Ben Kingsley star. Extras include alternate ending, deleted scenes, making of footage, and director & cast commentaries. Directed by Paul McGuigan, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN is a mistaken identity thriller starring Josh Hartnett as a guy who ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. With boldly colored sets covered in graphic wallpaper, the film has an almost comicbook-like feel, the emphasis being on visual entertainment rather than believability. When Slevin (Hartnett) shows up at his friend Nick's apartment in Manhattan, Nick is nowhere to be found. After meeting Nick's sharp and flirty neighbor, Lindsey (Lucy Liu), Slevin is kidnapped by two thugs and taken to meet the Boss (Morgan Freeman). Explaining that he is not Nick gets him nowhere, as the Boss and his arch rival, the Rabbi (Ben Kingsley), both pull Slevin (a wiseguy who spends much of the film in a lavender towel) deeper and deeper into a complicated underworld of murder and revenge. The clever dialogue and romance that grows between Hartnett and Liu gives the film a lighthearted charm. Even when orchestrating cold-blooded murder, the film's lead villains never seem too threatening. This is due in large part to the strong tongue-in-cheek performances of Bruce Willis, Ben Kingsley, and Morgan Freeman.
Many of the film's plot twists rely on camera tricks and quick editing, which are used to deliberately confuse the viewer. While the storyline is convoluted and the film falls into a self-explanatory trap near the end, the world of LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN is never meant to be taken too seriously. Displaying a Tarantino-like self-awareness, the film makes frequent references to James Bond and vintage cinema, and contains such strong visual elements that viewers are forced to notice each character's surroundings. The film is incredibly stylish and old-fashioned in this way, with particular attention paid to each villain's dwelling, and with the production design often saying more than the characters themselves.
Theatrical Release: April 7, 2006 Lucky # Slevin Reviews: 4 stars out of 5 -- "An intoxicating hotchpotch of gangsters, gamblers, vengeance and paranoia....Hartnett's laid-back insouciance never deserts him..."
-- Adam Sweeting, Uncut "[F]ull of baroque and bloody set-pieces....Throughout McGuigan juxtaposes joshing, comic interludes with material that is dark..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound "Jason Smilovic's script, which keeps you guessing...has been staged with aggressive finesse by director Paul McGuigan..." -- Grade: B-
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "[The film] will get under your skin with its stylish production design, slick dialogue and offbeat characters. This pop-culture-infused mistaken-identity thriller ultimately grabs hold and beguiles..."-- Claudia Puig, USA Today 3 stars out of 5 -- "The pleasure is in the throwaway dialogue, the artfully jumbled chronology and Lucy Liu, giving the movie a vital jolt of energy..."
-- Mark Samuels, Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is one of the most intelligent and clever films you could hope to see."
-- Nikki Baughan, Ultimate DVD Lucky # Slevin | List Price | $12.95 (You save $3.86) | | Studio | Genius Productions | | Orig Year | 2006 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  33633  | | CD Universe Part number | 7114490 | | Catalog number | 79482 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 12, 2006 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | strong violence, sexuality and language | | Also Known As | Lucky Number Slevin | | Running Time | 110 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; DTS Sound | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; DTS Sound; Full Frame Edition |
Lucky # Slevin Movie Review Lucky # Slevin DVD Region 1
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Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French
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Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Featurette:
1. "Making LUCKY # SLEVIN"
2. Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending
Audio Commentary:
1. Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu - Stars, Jason Smilovic - Screenwriter
2. Paul McGuigan - Director
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