An truly excellent film

Rating: 9/10 (19 January 2007)

Nothing less than brilliance is expected from this movie with an all-star cast such as Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Lui, Ben Kingsley and many more. This film does not disappoint.
When Slevin (Josh Hartnett) goes to New York to visit a friend, Nick Fischer, he gets jilted into the middle of a gang war. When he arrives at Nicks apartment he finds that no-one is in, but Nick is expecting him so he naturally lets himself in and makes himself at home. When two thugs knock at the door asking for Nick, Slevin has no choice but to be dragged into a gang building to see the gang leader, 'the boss' (Morgan Freeman). The boss then goes onto explain how Nick owes him 90,000 dollars, and Slevin (having been mugged as soon as he got to New York City) has no ID and seems to be living in Nicks apartment. The boss then explains how a rival gang leader, the rabbi (Ben Kingsley), recently broke the bond of trust between them by murdering the bosses son, and then he goes onto give Slevin two chances, either pay the 90,000 dollars or kill the rabbis son to make it even between the gangs. Slevin has no choice, his mission, to assassinate the rabbis son. But the pressure is really on Slevin when the detectives start harassing him and following him everywhere, when he learns that hes being followed by the world class infamous assassin, Goodkat (Bruce Willis), and when the rabbi and the boss start pressuring him more. Although when a nose neighbour, Lindsay (Lucy Lui) stumbles across Slevin's situation she is eager to help him out and soon enough they start to fall in love. Will slevin really kill the rabbis son? Will slevin find out who this infamous Goodkat is and why he keeps following him? Or will slevin simply go to the police?
This film manages to maintain a marvellous story line with twists and surprises around every corner whilst at the same time being hilariously funny with its scattered black comedy. It also manages to pull of quite a body count whilst staying sleek and suave. This films for the person who likes to think through a film whilst seeing a funny, and sometimes gory film. The acting is superb, my personal favourite character is Slevin himself because of his innocence and lovable cockiness. Although their is also Bruce Willis's character Goodkat, a smooth clean assassin who gives no mercy. The script and dialogue are also superb. I consider this film to be one of the very few films that can pull off being very funny and yet really gripping at other points as well.
All in all it is a very enjoyable watch, and anyone with a passion for films or movies will love it. It keeps you guessing right till the end.
9/10