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Smokin' Aces

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 17, age appropriate for kids over 99; suggested age 16.
  • Is it any good?

    2.0
  • Common Sense says

    Chaotic, violent, and unoriginal. Not for kids.

Why We Rated This off for Ages 16 and Under

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Nearly all of the characters -- gangsters, federal agents, assassins, bounty hunters, bodyguards, and Las Vegas performers -- are greedy and brutal, betraying one another whenever possible. The single exception is an FBI agent, who pays dearly for his moral solvency.
  • Violence:

    Bloody, fast-cut, Guy-Ritchie-style violence: frequent shooting, strangling, stabbing, exploding, sticking with needles, dismembering, punching, kicking; ferocious elevator shootout between two is bloody and smoke-producing; assassin takes out targets with a long-range weapon; boy's display of his martial-arts skills leads to his sexual arousal (see above).
  • Sex:

    Repeated shots of women's bottoms and cleavage; passed-out prostitute shows her breasts in several shots; Nazi-punk assassin appears with his hand inside his pants, appearing to masturbate; "hooker" characters and references ("ho train," "skank ass"); sexual slang ("c--k," "bone," "p---y"); references to sexual acts (including "semen," "ejaculate," "jizz"); young boy has huge "hard-on" showing through his karate uniform; his grandmother keeps a dildo by her bathtub; addled male lawyer appears in women's lingerie (bra and thong).
  • Language:

    Relentless use of "f--k" (over 100); frequent use of other profanity ("s--t," "bitch," "damn" ) and other language ("hell," "douche bag," "ass," "dick," "fag"); several uses of the "N" word, both as indications of camaraderie by African-American characters and as racist disparagement by white characters.
  • Consumerism:

    Set mostly in Vegas, film includes shots of neon signs (hotels, clubs).
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Lots of cigarette smoking, drinking (wine, beer, liquor in glasses and flasks), and drug use (pills, marijuana, cocaine); Buddy does so much cocaine that he appears comatose (weepy/red eyes, unable to speak).
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Smokin' Aces

Parents need to know that this fast-paced shoot-'em-up isn't for kids. While its combination of over-the-top violence and sardonic attitude produces a certain sort of humor, it's full of bloody injuries and destruction. Most of the characters -- assassins, law enforcement officers, gangsters, bounty hunters, and bodyguards -- are experts in lethal violence who use everything from guns and knives to explosions and disguises. Lots of smoking and drinking, and several characters do drugs repeatedly and excessively (mostly cocaine, but also marijuana and pills). Characters discuss sex, women wear revealing outfits and "play" prostitutes, a young boy develops a "comic" hard-on while showing off his martial-arts skills, and two of the assassins are lesbian lovers. Incessant swearing (over 100 uses of "f--k," plus other language, including the "N" word).

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about the film's multiple sets of partners (professional, familial, and romantic). How do these characters try to protect each other in the face of horrendous aggression? How does the film portray the FBI as being corrupt? How does the agents' corruption compare to that of the gangsters and assassins? How does the film pull together its many plot strands? Does the film offer any sort of commentary on action movie conventions in its excessiveness? At what point does movie violence get to be too much? Who's the judge of what's acceptable and what's over the top?

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  1. I rate this title on for age 17 and give it 4.0

    Lots of violent comedy for a while.

  2. Teen Reviewer Age 16
    Lives in Texas
    I rate this title on for age 15 and give it 5.0

    very entertaining movie

    I know it's gotten bad reviews, but I still liked it. So many action movies ruin themselves by trying to make an emotional story (that no one ends up caring about) that takes away from the action. This movie definatly does not skimp out on the action and I still cared about the characters. I thought it was very well made and was the best action movie Ive seen in a long time

  3. Teen Reviewer Age 13
    Lives in New Jersey
    I rate this title on for age 2 and give it 3.0

    i thought it was okay

    you dont want your kids seeing all that blood,sex,and use of drugs like that so parents dont let your kid see that movie

  4. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Virginia
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 0.0

    i truned it off

    I HATED this movie, it was so gross that i had to turn it off. And i love action Movies but, this movie was too much! From what i saw the language was horrible useing the f word and sexual erms including p=ss=, the sex and nudity was kinda ok but, it showed some hookers one topless. The VIOLENCE WAS HORRIBLE when they intorduce some of the charecters it shows that some of the charecters torcher people and it showes naked people being torcherd, including showing genetial torcher on a man. [does nto show it but does make it clear on what is going on by showing the back end. A man chews his fingers off. I HATED this movie and i din even watch 30 min of the movie so just guess what else is on it... 18+

  5. Adult Reviewer
    I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give it 4.0

    ITS GOOD

    GOOD MOVIE...LOTS OF VIOLENCE.... NOT REALLY ANY SEX IF YOU ARE OK WITH YOUR KID WATCHING VIOLENT MOVIES....WATCH IT!!!

  6. Teen Reviewer Age 17
    Lives in Minnesota
    I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it 0.0

    Boring.

    This movie was very dull, and not worth anybodies time. Don't see it, you'll be glad.

  7. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Missouri
    I rate this title off for age 17 and give it 1.0

  8. Adult Reviewer
    Lives in Nevada
    I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it 5.0

    Great Film - No kids allowed!

    This was a great film, although confusing in parts. It was frantic enough to satisfy my short attention span. Great characters, fun plot... I wish they had made it into more films. I want a movie based on the Neo-Nazi Tremor Brothers! The violence is over the top, although not gory, still too intense for children. Language is so bad that I tuned out the swearing after the 60th F word. It lost its shock value at that point. Sexually, there was no on screen intercourse, although some fairly graphic visual and conversation about its aftermath. For fans of Pulp Fiction and Boondock Saints, just no kids.

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