Well done.

Rating: 7/10 (9 May 2007)

Very well crafted movie, where everything works starting from the music on, the story, the characters, the cuts, really nice and entertaining.
It was fun to see Bruce Willis performing not as a good guy in the first place, but a controversial figure (although he does not do much talking this time either). Josh Hartnett has been quite a surprise to me- he did much better than I expected. Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley were their usual good selves (nothing extraordinary, though).
There are some real good dialogs, and some nice when not laughs but big smiles.
All together, an involving, good storyline, decent performances = 109 minutes of good quality entertainment.

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Something I did not get is why Slevin would tell Lindsey about himself anything at all in the first place, let alone about his past and the job that is on.
The other thing - you can trust a man with your life, he has raised you, he has taught you everything of his craft, he does everything he can to assist you in killing off the murderers of your parents (with what he had nothing to do directly), but you can not tell him, hey, you know, I kinda like this girl, let's keep her around for a while, shall we? And why? Beacuase he would SURELY not understand.
Why would Goodkat shoot Lindsey in the chest, then again? Everybody is always being shot in the head in this film (the bookie is banged in the head with a ball, the Rabbi's men both get head shots, the son of the Rabbi is shot in the head), why the chest for Lindsey - okay, it is apparent, so as to have this plot twist. Well, it has not been worth it.
Also, being a pro, why would you prefer an unknown girl to the guy who spared your life, your tutor and only living "relation", so to say? Why do this love threads always get so week in otherwise good films?
There were some moments of very good humor here. Josh Hartnett is being dragged around for a considerable part of the movie like a package, but for quite a long part, without the usual wrap. He takes it quite casually, in the end. The part where he "mistakes" the Bosses guy for him leads to some nice dialog. The same is true with the Rabbi complaining about hard it is to get decent people to work for you. In his business, sure. The Rabbi's men in the car also made me smile (does he never talk? no, why? you would have to ask him. would he answer? no)
My only concern is- where in earth does that horrible apartment house with those alarming wallpapers exist? It is my sincere - but doubtlessly unfounded - hope that it was only built as a set and demolished afterwards. The same is true for the hair cut of Josh Hartnett- life is easier for me if I suppose it was a wig.