Talkie Zoo: LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN

At some point I think I'm going to sign up for downloadable movies, since I have a wireless router sitting right over here next to me. But for now, I'll watch DVDs, and one I recently watched was Lucky Number Slevin (2006; R).

I found this to be actually funny in some places, but then it is listed as a dark comedy. However, it's more dark than comedy, in my opinion. That doesn't make it a bad movie and certainly the stars were well-cast in this film about revenge against some mob bosses. The scheme that ensues is twisted and complicated. So much so that you are very far into the film before you really realize what's happening. In fact, nothing is revealed until the very end, which means you'll have to watch it as I did.

Just know that Bruce Willis as a famous hit man, Morgan Freeman and Ben Kingsley as mob bosses, and Lucy Lu as the love interest combine to make an excellent cast. Each one plays their part meticulously. The gist of it is that Slevin is mistakenly identified as Nick Fisher, a friend he's come to visit. Nick isn't home because, as we see in the very beginning of the film, he's been killed by Willis' character, Mr. Goodkat. Slevin's ordeal goes downhill from there as mob bosses and others assume he's Nick since they found him in the apartment. Slevin has no ID because he's shown being mugged and his wallet was stolen.

The mix up brings him into the presence of both the mob bosses at different times, where they recruit him to do dastardly deeds in order to pay off his debts with them -- actually, Nick's debts.

Language, blood, and nudity aside, this was a pretty good movie to watch!