"There was a time..."

Rating: 9/10 (7 April 2008)

"Lucky Number Slevin" it's a movie to be reason, not only seen.
The plot demands of the spectator deductions of what is happening now or what happened in the past, while the director complicate the things with characters of fast talk.
That's the story: Slevin (Josh Hartnett) is in a occasion of misfortune (or not) go to a friend's house (or not) and is charged of a debt by two of the greatest crime leaders in NY: The Boss (Morgan Freeman), that recently lost his son, and The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley, excellent), man that The Boss thinks that is the responsible for the crime. The Boss says to Slevin kill The Rabbi's son for revenge, while Mr. Goodkat (Bruce Willis) was hired for the same service.
It doesn't matter if you pass all the movie without wink and find out the final surprise, the exceptional script will tie your attention, just like the pearls that the characters fire off. "There was time..."