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Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
2010 86 min United States of America, Canada R 18+
★5.2
Action, Comedy
Director: P.J. Pesce
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Description
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise.
Budget:
$8M
Starring
Tom Berenger
Actor
Clayne Crawford
Actor
Tommy Flanagan
Actor
Maury Sterling
Actor
Key opinion
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball is widely viewed as a low-budget, trashy imitation that fails to reach the stylistic and narrative heights of the original film. While some viewers enjoy it as an unapologetic B-movie spectacle, others criticize its unoriginal plot, cheap effects, and lack of the original's substance.
| Screenplay | The plot is a repetitive, poorly executed copy of the original film's premise that suffers from predictable developments. | |
| Production | The film utilizes low-budget special effects and action sequences that lack the visual spectacle and polish of its predecessor. | |
| Acting | Opinions on acting are split between those who find the cast competent and charismatic, and those who see the performances as amateurish or a step down from the first film. | |
| Originality | The film's classification as 'trash cinema' polarizes audiences; fans of gratuitous violence and dark, chaotic humor enjoy the spectacle, while traditional critics view it as an unnecessary, hollow cash-grab. |