Slevin not so lucky

Rating: 5/10 (10 April 2006)

While Morgan Freeman (The Boss) and Bruce Willis (Goodkat) are super-entertaining, the movie itself is less than intriguing. There are too many twists and not enough delivery. In the middle of this flick I recall thinking "oh, wow, what's going on!" and when I discovered the plot I thought "oh...ok...". A lot of hook and no reel-in. Every time someone got shot (and this happens rather excessively) I threw my hands in the air and felt exasperated. The actors really deliver and play their roles very well (Lucy Liu was fantastic, might I add), but the movie is a complete let-down. The ending does give the watcher a sense of closure, but is a complete flop because it fails to give that "one-two punch" you might have expected half-way through. It doesn't give nearly as much emotion as it does in the beginning, and thats the problem.