Excellent Thriller

Rating: 10/10 (1 October 2006)

Because of mistaken identity Slevin (Hartnett) gets caught in the middle of a war between 2-crimelord rivals (Freeman and Kingsley). This can't be good.
This is one you have to stay with and watch everything because the things you may miss will show up later on and you will be lost. This is a little short on action, but the story itself and the acting make up for that. This throws everything at you and you think you know what is going on because everything makes sense. You might say this is a larger variation of the Kansas City Shuffle as Goodkat (Willis) likes to point out. Have I said too much? I don't think so. This will rank as a classic along with Pulp Fiction, and Sin City and yes, The Usual Suspects. The cinematography isn't as good as in the movies just mentioned but it is good nevertheless.
The acting and dialogue all around is excellent. You will enjoy the New Jersey almost Brooklynese accent coming out of Ben Kingsley (The Rabbi). You are amazed because you still remember Kingsley as Gandhi and how could this be? As for Josh Hartnett, I still say he looks like a young Tommy Lee Jones and acts like him too. Good job. I have new respect for Lucy Liu. She really is good, and I fell in love. As for Willis and Freeman (The Boss) what more can be said about them? They are perfect.
This is an excellent cast along with a very good supporting cast giving us an excellent thriller.