by Reviewrz

Created on: March 07, 2007   Last Updated: May 09, 2007

I will give you one, important clue, as to what I thought of this movie. When it finished, I thought to myself "Wow, that is the best movie I've ever seen". Whilst I still love it, in hindsight, perhaps that ranking was a bit lofty.

I might start with the negative points first, which isn't standard practice, but they probably do logically come first. Lucky Number Slevin is an unrealistic movie. Without giving away too much, the film centers on Josh Hartnett (who is the wrong man), caught between two rival crime gangs, who happen to be based across the road from each other. The fact that there is close to zero interaction with the two gangs is quite absurd, and, lets face it, unrealistic. On top of that, the quick retorts and snappy humor in the movie is only possible if you've memorized a script - nobody can think of lines that fast. So, the dialog is quite absurd, and, lets face it, unrealistic. But, seeing as Lucky Number Slevin is a movie, nobody would suggest that it attempts to be realistic. If you're after a documentary, then watch 'March of the Penguins'. If you want to see one of the best movies of recent years, then see Lucky Number Slevin...

Lets see what this movie has done right. Casting. Josh Hartnett, Lucy Lui, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, and Stanley Tucci. Each of these world class actors play their roles to perfection, with Lui in particular exceeding all expectations. Of course, Freeman is his usual brilliant best.

Lucky Number Slevin also has the advantage of being one of the most creative and genius scripts of recent times, at least as far as make-you-think dramas go. This movie only has one plot line. What it does with that plot line is it twists it around and pulls the blinds over your eyes. While most of it is in chronological order, the director still does enough to fool you, and you will be saying (more than once) "Wait a minute, this doesn't make sense".

This might seem like a bad thing, but look at it as a positive. Don't spend the whole movie trying to work out what's going on, who is who, and why this happened to that. To be fair, it is theoretically possible to work out the ending (or come close) from the few clues offered, but it is much more fun to sit back, enjoy the popcorn, and know that when it's over, you may very well say "Wow, that was one of the most amazing movies I've ever seen".

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