Smokin' Aces (2007) 109 minutes Review

I was expecting the movie that the trailers advertised:  Fast paced extreme violence from the first second to the very end with a simple plot to drive it.  But what I got was a movie that was deeper than that and with about half the fast paced violence I was promised. 

But is this a bad thing?  I have not really figured that out yet.  On one side, I was totally unhappy that I did not get what I wanted when I bought the movie.  On the other, the deeper plot and the surprisingly fair acting was a pleasant surprise.  I had no idea that Ryan Reynolds could actually act (and I'm a fan too!).

Bottom line is I didn't get what I wanted, but the movie wasn't bad at all.  I was promised a movie that was a cross between Oceans 11 and Natural Born Killers, but got a decent movie that was a lot different.  If I knew that going in I would have liked it more.