Not believable.

Rating: 5/10 (17 April 2006)

I was disappointed by "Lucky Number Slevin". I liked the premise of the movie but the execution left a whole lot to be desired. I did not like Josh Hartnett's attitude in the movie. He was not believable as someone who was forced to meet gang bosses because of a case of mistaken identity. He was far too flippant and cocky for the situation and I did not find him in the least appealing. One of the movie's premises was that you had to believe he was an unwitting dupe. He did not advance that belief at all. In fact you suspected him from the beginning and the subsequent events lost their shock value. I had guessed at the underlying story way too early and I just watched it unfold. Nor was the character in the least appealing. Was I supposed to care about this character? Feel some empathy? I felt nothing but disgust for the cold blooded violence he used. The movie was very violent. His affair with Lucy Liu was equally unbelievable. She was lousy in her role. I kept expecting her to be some kind of undercover cop or an assassin since she was so awkward portraying her character. She seemed cold and disingenuous, perfect for someone to turn out to be a baddie but poor as a straight role. Was I to believe that they would be happy ever after at the end? I don't think so and I don't care. Neither actor were appealing to me at all. Bruce Willis played his role with his typical smirking attitude. He was OK. Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley and Stanley Tucci were good given what they had to work with. The script was not that good. It was violent and there were too many coincidences to be believable. Miss it.