Smokin' Aces is a 2006 crime action thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan. The film centers on the chase for a Las Vegas magician turned mafia informant after a one-million-dollar bounty is placed on him. It stars Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Common, Andy García, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, and Ryan Reynolds. Smokin' Aces was the official acting debut of Keys and Common.
Las Vegas magician and wannabe gangster Buddy Aces Israel is in hiding at a Lake Tahoe hotel while his agent negotiates a potential immunity deal with FBI Deputy Director Stanley Locke. Special Agents Richard Messner and Donald Carruthers learn that ailing mob boss Primo Sparazza has issued a $1 million bounty on Israel and sent a mysterious Swede to bring him Israel's heart. Several assassins also seek the reward: master of disguise Lazlo Soot hitwomen Sharice Watters and Georgia Sykes, hired by Sparazza's underboss mercenary Pasquale Acosta and psychotic neo-Nazi Tremors brothers: Darwin, Jeeves, and Lester.
Locke sends Messner and Carruthers to take Israel into protective custody. Bail bondsmen Jack Dupree, Pistol Pete Deeks, and Hollis Elmore have been hired to capture him as well. The bondsmen are attacked by the Tremors brothers, and only Elmore escapes alive. Messner visits the murder scene while Carruthers proceeds to the hotel, which each of the assassins has infiltrated. Carruthers recognizes Acosta, disguised as a security officer, in an elevator and both are seriously wounded in the ensuing gunfight.
Soot gains access to Israel's penthouse, posing as his henchman Hugo. Sir Ivy, Israel's second-in-command, confronts Israel for agreeing to inform on Ivy and his entourage as part of the plea deal and is subdued by hotel security. In Los Angeles, Locke abruptly withdraws from the deal with Israel but does not inform Messner and Carruthers. The Tremor brothers reach the penthouse floor and attack the security team and Ivy, who kills Jeeves and Lester. Israel, learning Locke has terminated the plea deal, attempts suicide but is unable to go through with it.
Spoken languages: English,French,Spanish,Japanese
Subtitles: Danish,Swedish,Norwegian,Finnish,Spanish,English,French,Japanese
