Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.
It finally all makes sense after a fashion, and I think and hope that you will be entertained by all the narrative legerdemain.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
12 Apr 2006
rotten:
Everything in it -- every confusion, every line of unspeakable dialogue, every red herring, every camera setup -- has been borrowed from some movie you've seen before.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
19 Apr 2006
rotten:
It shrinks your perception of what movies can do.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
12 May 2006
rotten:
Only Lucy Liu's insanely perky neighbour emerges with any real credit.
– Mark Salisbury,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
With its diabolical ending, this is the movie equivalent of a crossword puzzle: fun, clever, and disposable.