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The world's most resourceful assassins target an FBI desk jockey in this action-packed prequel. Hal Leuco wants FBI agent Walter Weed (Tom Berenger) dead, and he's got the connections to get the job d... read more read more...one. When Hal offers a sizable bounty for the head of Agent Weed, the killers start to come out of the woodwork. Of course, the Tremor family is always game for a challenge, but with a lethal beauty (Martha Higareda), a maniacal driller killer (Vinnie Jones), and a stealth assassin (Tommy Flanagan) all gunning for the prize, too, it'll be a miracle if Agent Weed lives to see the next sunrise. Fortunately for Agent Weed, Agent Baker (Clayne Crawford) and his team of heavily armed operatives may have just enough firepower to beat this determined team of assassins at their own game. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: P.J. Pesce

Release Date: January 19, 2010

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  • roygutteridge
    January 11, 2012
    roygutteridge
    It's clearly low-budget and frequently low-minded, but there's certainly some fun to be found.
  • phubbs1
    October 19, 2011
    phubbs1
    You want guns guns guns guns and lots of over the top characters with videogame like traits all brought together in one place to simply shoot the shite out of each other?? course you do.

    Doesn't pretend to be anything other than a complete and total shoot em up which may as well... read more have top scores and '1ups' floating around. Cast is unknowns with the odd well known character actor in there which works well, you know everyones gonna die its just a case of in what order hehe. Anything with Vinnie Jones in you know straight away what type of character he will be playing and to expect both badassery with allot of tongue in cheek.

    Set completely in a bar for most of the action so nothing much visually to shout about, plenty of fancy slow motion shooting and killing with much gun porn going on, looks pretty glossy but we've seen it all before over and over.

    Total popcorn flick which won't let you down if you just want guns n crazy ass characters.
  • deano
    January 30, 2011
    deano
    This dumb action straight-to-video film does not include a killer shindig, as that title suggests. Instead, this unnecessary sequel - which, from a garbled intro, appears to be a prequel - wastes your time with another heaping of inept professional hit-people competing to take do... read morewn one dude. Original auteur Joe Carnahan's first Smokin' Aces was underwhelming; this follow-up is tiresome, thanks to a dearth of stars, FBI logic, slick style and hired guns who can actually shoot straight. A heavily made-up Tom Berenger adds some pizazz, although the inability of trained law enforcers to question his motives reinforces how this ultra-violent, dopey and weakly poignant blow-up doesn't trouble your mind grapes.
  • xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    January 23, 2011
    xXGiNoBiLiPRXx
    Seriously can this movie be any more suckier... one of the worst sequels ever made hands down...

    Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco ... read moreto win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise.
  • Gx7
    September 19, 2010
    Gx7
    Review to follow
  • puffchunk
    May 23, 2010
    puffchunk
    What a piece of crap. THey wanted to bank off of the similiar concept of the first, but didn't feel like putting any effort into. P.S. If you have Vinney Jones in your movie, you don't kill him like a little bitch gunned down for being dumb and jumping into a room full of blazi... read moreng guns. He deserves more. Shame.
  • matertenebraum
    February 20, 2010
    matertenebraum
    What an awful film, the whole concept was absurd. It's one of the dumbest movies I've seen and the way they tried to dress it up as some 'Usual Suspects' style work of genius was laughable. Everything to do with the four morons in the truck (especially the clowns) would ruin any ... read morefilm and the plot was full of holes. Wilful suspension of disbelief is one thing but this required suspension of all intelligence.

    There are none of the big stars of the first movie. Vinnie Jones, who's improving as an actor and I want to like, still cannot deliver a line without sounding like he's reading it from a script for the first time and Tom Berenger is clearly desperate to be accepted by Hollywood again if he is taking parts like this. I bet he was very well behaved on set this time.

    Bizarrely though, this had one of the best last ten seconds of a movie I've ever seen, which is all that stopped me giving it a rating of one but by then the film was beyond redemption and it was wasted. If it had been put on the end of a decent film it would have gone down as one of the all time classic endings, it was that good an idea. Now it will just be forgotten on the end of a bit of straight to DVD garbage, which is nothing short of tragic.
  • jlewis07
    February 8, 2010
    jlewis07
    A violent, over the top B movie with horrible special effects (on purpose? can't tell), constant one-liners, and a plot that struggles to keep things going. It doesn't make much sense and I didn't care to make sense of it. It uses words that I'm not familiar with and tries to exp... read morelain them, but fails. I found it to be a problem. It is occasionally entertaining, but it doesn't even come close to any sort of quality. It's poorly shot (the shoot-out in the bar is horrible edited to the point that you can't tell what is going on at all) and the acting is mediocre. People who dig brainless, tasteless, and hyper-kinetic action movies will probably dig it. Others will want to stay far away or lower their expectations to incredibly low levels to get entertainment out of it (which is what I did). This movie completely deserves the direct to DVD treatment it got.
  • DrZeek
    February 8, 2010
    DrZeek
    Agent Malcolm Little: [During a large Mexican stand off] I want everyone within the sound of my voice to lower their weapon, slowly.

    Despite my extreme distaste for direct to DVD sequels, I'm an unabashed fan of the original Smokin' Aces, and I think the concept of gathering a l... read morearge group of ridiculous assassins to go after one guy can be milked for more features. The fact that the original writer/director Joe Carnahan had a hand in the story also made me confident that this wouldn't be a complete waste of time. As a result, this film is actually watchable. Its not very good by any means in terms of its merit as a film, but the action is handled well enough and the over direction wasn't too much of a bother due to the use of many different types of assassins to blend into this messy feature.

    Tom Berenger stars as Walter Weed, a wheel chair bound desk jockey at the FBI. When the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him, Walter is taken to an underground bunker. Meanwhile, a team of psychotic assassins are dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty. These assassins includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath, a deadly master of disguise, and more of the Tremor clan from the original film. Hopefully the few agents trying to protect Weed can do their job.

    While not a true sequel beyond character connections, the film does a serviceable job of working into the same spirit. The direction is no where near the quality of a theatrical film and the low budget doesn't help, but I can always appreciate Vinnie Jones in a movie (even if he is vastly underused here).

    There's not a whole lot to recommend here. I enjoyed a few elements here enough to keep me entertained and the last half hour is pretty cool (which is a third of the movie).

    Fritz Tremor: Remember old Bobby Dubap, y'all? Down out of Tulsa? That shitstain got himself keistered with an RPG.
    Lester Tremor: Did they fire it?
    Fritz Tremor: Fire it?
    [chuckles]
    Fritz Tremor: I'm telling you, boy. I mean, if you took the time now to bother to stuff a collapsible shoulder-launch RPG up somebody's bunghole, don't you think you'd fire it?
    [laughs]
    Fritz Tremor: Wouldn't you feel just a little let down if you didn't?
    [laughs]
    Fritz Tremor: Why would you put it up there in the first place?
    Lester Tremor: I don't know. You got your thumb up there most of the time. Why don't you tell me?
  • allan913
    February 1, 2010
    allan913
    A killer of a thriller. It's way better than expected. A riveting, explosive and sensational action-packed thriller. A solid and very compelling prequel that delivers in every way with plenty of action, twist, turns, humor and great character development. A strong, wickedly funny... read more, twisted and adrenaline-charged thrill-machine from start to finish with a revealing and cool conclusion. A fun-house of madness, bullets, blood and chaos that you will love to watch again. It's surprisingly smart, sexy and hard-rocking all the way through. A great cast with cool and wild characters including the always memorable Vinnie Jones, who is always a joy to watch. Clayne Crawford and Tom Berenger give excellent performances.

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Critic Reviews

Scott Weinberg
January 19, 2010
Scott Weinberg, Cinematical

It's clearly low-budget and frequently low-minded, but there's certainly some fun to be found. Full Review

Brian Orndorf
January 13, 2010
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

Co-hatched and executive produced by Carnahan himself, the filmmaker should hang his head in shame over this cut-rate, slapdash cash-in. It's a ghastly, embarrassing motion picture. Full Review

Mike Barnard
November 6, 2010
Mike Barnard, Future Movies UK

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