The movie is a well finished product. Well, somebody is hiding something. Probably all. But everything is well paced so the viewer does not have time to think about it. The actors are okay. Nothing special. Still, they know something that makes them gain all those money. No useless characters. No excessive use of extras. The camera is the one used flawlessly in Grand Hotel Budapest. Here, it is just an attempt.I do not like it. But, as the caption says: a well done movie.

I love this film. Absolutely love this film. And could quite easily watch it every week forever. I love the sets and the cinematography is simply gorgeous with great editing to keep the pace whisking along nicely. Great cast putting in great performances and a script I find utterly hilarious right up to the point when it needs to drop the comedy. And the soundtrack fits in perfectly.Just wish it was possible to re-watch it with a blank memory so you could attempt to piece it together all over again!!!!

Imitation Tarantino movie!Within a few minutes of watching this flick, it's clear that the cast and crew are impersonating a certain type of Tarantino film.The forced 'chemistry' between Hartnett and Liu is embarrassing to watch. The smart-Alec dialog comes off as high-school kids muttering "I know you are but what am I?" repeatedly and not much of it is funny, clever or even pertinent to what's going on in the movie.The convoluted story tries so hard to trip up the viewer it stumbles over itself in the process. The stupid names are enough to tell you that this is gonna be a stinker... The Rabbi? FFS! You can get away with these cartoon villains in a Batman movie, maybe but here they just look and sound ridiculous.Here's an example of the dialog...Does he owe you 94,000 dollars? I don't know. Does he owe me 94,000 dollars? Do I owe him 94,000 dollars? Yes, you owe him 94,000 dollars? Do I owe you 94,000 dollars? You owe him 94,000 dollars, so you owe me 94,000 dollars. So, I owe you 94,000 dollars? Yes, you owe me 94,000 dollars.This goes on for a while, so you can get up and make a sandwich or something when it starts. In fact, you'll have time to drive out to a Subway and order a sandwich and still make it back in time for your life to re-boot!A bloody awful mess in every way possible.

For anyone who is into gangster movies (and I am ) Lucky Number Slevin should be a must see). I see comparisons made to The Usual Suspects, and Pulp Fiction (both movies had Bruce Willis (in Pulp Fiction it was Butch Coolidge and here, it is Mr. Goodkat)). I would add Reservoir Dogs to the list where you had characters named after Colors: Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Blue, and Mr. Brown (Quentin Tarantino). Here you had "Rabbi" (Ben Kingsley), "Boss" (Morgan Freeman), Goodkat, Elvis, and of course, Slevin (named after a horse), and Kelevra (Hebrew for "Bad Dog"). I am not going to spoil the movie because of the mystery element to it: Except to say that there is no one who is a hero, anti-hero, and even Victim (except perhaps Slevin's (Josh Hartnett) mom). There are a lot of bad people in this movie: How bad you may ask? Goodkat, who is a sociopath hit man, does one decent thing in the movie, and is not close to the worst character in the movie. There are four worse then he is. If there is a moral character in the movie it is Lindsey (Lucy Liu) who is the love interest of Slevin (real name Henry), but even she is far from perfect. I will say this much: If you get through the violence, mystery, betrayal, revenge, and everything that Henry goes through, you will be rewarded. Major Spoiler: By the way, Henry does end up with Lindsey (so he gets a happy ending), but how he gets there? Watch and find out. 10/10 stars