This movie really had some potential. They had actors that have been known to be very decent. But this script was absolute garbage, the quips and humor was dull and stupid, and the protagonist of the film is stale and not very believable. At the end of this movie I found myself wondering what the point of this was. Don't get me wrong, I'm an action junkie and I enjoy intentionally stereotypical, over the top, comic bookish characters, but these were terrible. The only two assassins you get interested in are killed off in the blink of an eye leaving the stupidest ones left to finish the movie. One group of assassins is a clan of biker/redneck… people. Their clothing looks so new I cant take them seriously. They end up stealing a circus trailer so they can use the cannon to launch live clowns strapped with dynamite into a building. It almost sounds funny but it's shot horrendously. Which leads me to my next point. Don't use explosions if you can't do them right. These were the worst effects I've seen in a long time. There were unnecessary scenes where you could tell they used a green screen; many of them were used while the redneck clan was driving around. This was just all around disappointing. Which is a shame because the locations, lighting, and choreography for some of these shootouts were absolutely gorgeous! That is the only thing keeping me from giving this movie 1 star.

Rarely does an action movie, no matter how terrible, move me to write about it. It's an action movie -- it has guns and bad guys, so what could actually deserve the lowest possible rating, given that there are some truly terrible B-movies out there? It's a slap .. no, a defecation in the face of all action, gangster and/or shoot 'em up movie lovers.Awful direction, puerile script, tragic, talentless actors -- a veritable s**t-storm of OMFG. Your patience will be stretched to a nanometre waiting for something rewarding to occur. One or two lines from Vinnie Jones can not possibly rescue this flaming Hindenburg (and not in a good way) of a B-flick.This might have made a decent you-tube submission if it had been edited down to 15 minutes. The vast majority of it reminds me of the kind of movies my friends and I made when we were 10.Is there another way to say F*** S*** F***?

This move came on sky movies, and there had seemed to be nothing else on, so i decided, as i absolutely adored the original first one, which was brilliant, that this one couldn't be much worse, so i watched it, and i can honestly tell you, this movie was horrifically terrible, the acting was stiff and heartless, only known actors were Vinnie Jones and it was almost unbelievably unbearable The action sequences were terrible, looks like they were done in imovie, explosions looked unrealistic, the storyline was terrible and the director was inadequate. overall this movie was not worthy of B-Movie, maybe not even a C-Movie, i wouldn't recommend this film if it was the only choice, you would have more entertainment sitting alone in the dark in absolute silence.This movie was an abomination, and a disgrace, this is a perfect example of a terrible sequel. however, i "Would" recommend this film if it was being used as a punishment, or as torture.I would just like to stress how unbearably awful this movie was, no words can truly describe how bad it is.

Pretty much the same plot as the first one. Someone has put out a hit on another person and dozens of highly skilled assassins are called in to take him out. Bullets fly, bodies fall and the story doesn't seem all that it was suppose to be. I'm one of a few people who really dug Smokin Aces. It had great quirky characters, good action when it was actually happening and it showed Ryan Reynolds can do more than just comedy. People seemed to complain that it was thin on story, needed more action, and deserved a better twist. Well, I am putting all those complaints to the second film, which is actually a prequel. Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins Ball is a cheap direct to DVD cashing in on the name, quick and dirty film. The production values are pretty low rent and the acting suits it. Vinnie Jones is the biggest name draw and he is hardly in the film. They plaster his face all over the poster and he honestly doesn't belong there. In fact, one of the main characters isn't even on the poster. He's not recognizable enough. Tom Berenger plays the character who has the contract out on him and a special team of agents must protect him. So they take him to a vault, highly protected and assure him no one can get in. Sure enough, dozens of crazy hit men show up and that's when things go from bad to worse. The Tremor family makes a return, minus Captain Kirk and Martin Keamy (Star Trek and Lost fans can attest). They kept the least interesting brother, the one who obviously needed the money, and introduce three new Tremor characters. The crazy sister, the dumb bigger brother and the hillbilly father. None of these new tremor characters are as interesting as the two missing. The film tries to fill that void, but it fails. Instead the fans get a poor imitation of one of the better aspects of the first film.The action is lame and never feels as frantic as it should. The cheap explosions are goofy and laughable. We never get a chance to connect to any of the characters. In the first film, I was picking my favourite hit men, this one I had none. None of them are as cool, or as memorable. The twist is lame and makes little to no sense. The writing of the film was slacking and obviously written so quickly to get the film into production that people must have really not read it. The director P.J. Pesce, seems to specialize in direct to video films. It shows, since he has no theatrical vision and the film feels very confined to its obvious production costs.If you hated the first film, thought it was decent or just liked it, I would advise you to skip this one. I only recommend it if you are truly a die hard fan. Even then, I say proceed with caution.