Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

P.J. Pesce

Writers:

Olatunde Osunsanmi (screenplay), Olumide Odebunmi (screenplay),

Stars:

Tom Berenger, Clayne Crawford, Tommy Flanagan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Berenger	...	Walter Weed
Clayne Crawford	...	Agent Baker
Tommy Flanagan	...	Lazlo Soot
Maury Sterling	...	Lester Tremor
Martha Higareda	...	Ariella Martinez
Christopher Michael Holley	...	Malcolm Little
Ernie Hudson	...	Anthony Vejar
Michael Parks	...	Fritz Tremor
Autumn Reeser	...	Kaitlyn 'AK-47' Tremor
Vinnie Jones	...	Finbar McTeague
Hrothgar Mathews	...	Agent Redstone
Jared Keeso	...	Agent Nicholas
Jason Schombing	...	Agent Abrego
David Richmond-Peck	...	Agent Dominic Dumare
Grant Elliott	...	Agent Partch

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

fbi | disguise | assassin | son murders father | woman shot in the forehead | 

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Taglines:

The Director Of SMOKIN' ACES And NARC Presents

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Universal [United States]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 January 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Coup fumant 2 - Le bal des assassins

Filming Locations:

Aja Tan Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Working Title Films, Always Split Aces Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 88 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lester Tremor says that he looks "like that dude, the one in Platoon (1986), he's in Sniper (1993)". That "dude" is Tom Berenger, who plays Walter Weed in this film.

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Goofs

When they plan how to protect Walter they are told to not have anything that can communicate with the outside world. But when they are in the bunker they use video conferencing to talk to their HQ.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Title Card: rather than dashing, gun-toting g-men, most FBI employees are information analysts, sifting through millions of telephone, email, and data transmissions to uncover threats of violent crime, terrorism, and espionage against the United States. / occasionally, bureau members themselves become the target of threats; these require extraordinary precautions, often including top-secret procedures outside the realm of normal protocol. / the unintended consequences of such secret activities...

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Connections

Referenced in Behind the Scenes with Joe Carnahan (2010)

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Soundtracks

Red Eyes And Tears
Performed by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Written by Robert Turner (as Robert L. Been), Peter Hayes (as Peter B. Hayes) and Nick Jago (as Nicholas Jago)
Courtesy of Virgin Records America
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music

User Reviews

Much much worse than the original movie

First of all and most of all, this movie was shot entirely for TV - lousy camera work, very bad acting, bad script, irregularly paced and silly few plot twists.

Characters are not developed, special effects (of e.g. explosives) look highly unrealistic as if the budget was cut in the middle of production.

Also closer to the end of the film the scriptwriters inserted a three minutes needless love story which ended quite abruptly.

Don't waste your time on this even if you liked the original movie - I couldn't make myself finish watching it.