SMOKIN' ACES

we just watched SMOKIN' ACES for the first time. more flash than actual story, if you ask me. sure, there's a vague outline of a story somewhere in there, probably lost in all the mobsters & the guns & the blood & fucking ALICIA KEYS. there wasn't enough character development, & maybe I'm asking too much from a movie like that, but a little bit would've been nice. JEREMY PIVEN almost made up for it, though... the man is gorgeous. there were some pretty sweet hitmen, too. lots of chandaliers being smashed with chainsaws, sniper rifles, ridiculous hotel suites, impostors, velvet bathrobes, hookers... how can I really be complaining? the one thing that couldn't be redeemed: RYAN REYNOLDS. I cannot take that guy seriously. he actually managed to be one of the main characters, too... whose brilliant idea was that? the kid tries too hard.