Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010)

Hords of insane assassins (2 cute) gather in or near a bar waiting to kill an insignificant FBI pencil pusher at 3AM and collect $3M. He's kept in a safe house/bunker nearby surrounded by FBI agents. Action awaits.

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:

slow motion scene | saxophone | prequel | murder of a priest | wheelchair | 

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Taglines:

Prepare for Murder, Mayhem & Madness.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

18A

Did You Know?

Trivia

Christopher Michael Holley, who played Beanie in Smokin' Aces, plays an FBI agent named Malcolm Little in this sequel.

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Goofs

When Tom Berenger's character is explaining the number significance of playing cards he states that there are: 4 suits for the seasons, 52 cards for the weeks in a year, and 365 "pips" for the days in the year. Actually, in the deck he is playing with (pips in two corners) only has 348 pips, and other decks (pips in 4 corners) have as many as 452.

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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

References Sling Blade (1996)

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Soundtracks

That's The Way
Performed by Daniel Lenz
Written by Daniel Lenz
Courtesy of Daniel Lenz

User Reviews

Different director, different actors, different result ...

I really, really liked Smokin Aces, and i was excited to go watch this sequel, featuring my favorite UK actor Vinnie Jones, who always gives violent movies this little extra just be his appearance.

As so often with sequels, this one just doesn't cut it - it is nowhere near as well-acted, intense and spectacular as the original.

The story features some of the assassins from part 1, but they have been cramped into the plot in an awkward way this time - without giving away too much, it's rather unbelievable. Their methods seem dull after watching part 1, and the addition of the new assassins doesn't make up for that at all.

Bad, b-movie style acting and extremely bad CGI (explosions!) take up the remaining 1.5 hours, until the foreseeable-from-minute-1 plot-twist kicks in.

Loads of plot holes, bad dialogs and unexplained sudden character-developments makes me rate this 3/10 unfortunately.

TLDR: Don't bother, grab it once its out on DVD

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 Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), 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