Why's he called the Rabbi?

Paul McGuigan made Gangster No 1. I haven't seen it but I've heard good things. Wicker Park, I saw and enjoyed. Acid House freaked me out as a 12 year old and I have seen a few times since and I like it.

Lucky Number Slevin was slated by Empire. They asked 'Do we need another Revolver?'. WHAT THE FUCK? And no, I don't just love it because it has bookies in it.

Luck Number Slevin is fucking mint. I loved it in a clever-movie-for-teens kinda way. It's awesome. Revolver went TOO FAR with the depth, so deep it couldn't explain itself. Lucky Number Slevin has questions and answers throughout. Ben Kingsley vs Morgan Freeman would be a fight worth watching. Gandhi vs God.

LNS is well shot. It has that slick, fast-paced Soderbergh's Oceans editing, mashed up with Hitchcock's roving-eye. It fits the story well. Everyone is following everyone, and everyone is making snappy comments. Like George Clooney and Brad Pitt making Rear Window.

I'm not going to rant on about it, because it's a good couple of years old now, and most people should have seen it. I remember seeing the trailer and thinking 'Bruce Willis? Josh Hartnett? SIN CITY 2!?' and it being this. I didn't see it for this reason. It wasn't Sin City 2. I saw it later on rental and it's mint. I'm Shuffling all over Kansas City. Also, Lucy Lui...amazing. Hot, funny, and knows her movies. I want to marry her character.

Watch it. Really do. It's got eye candy for the Ladies who get lost in the Bond talk, and the half-gays out there like me. It's got enough blood to keep Guy Ritchie fans watching, and enough Morgan Freeman to keep the 'good fulm club' happy. And it's got a twist, that you slightly expect, but it goes much further than you expect. It's a banger.

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