Smokin' Aces
Joe Carnahan and Alicia Keys Interview
Chuck the Movieguy interviews director Joe Carnahan and Alicia Keys for the movie Smokin Aces.
In these interlocking tales of high stakes and low lifes, Mob boss Primo Sparazza (Joseph Ruskin) has taken out a hefty contract on Buddy Aces Israel (Jeremy Piven)--a sleazy magician who has agreed to turn state's evidence against the Vegas mob. The FBI, sensing a chance to use this small-time con to bring down big-target Sparazza, places Aces into protective custody-under the supervision of two agents (Ryan Reynolds and Ray Liotta) dispatched to Aces' Lake Tahoe hideout. When word of the price on Aces' head spreads into the community of ex-cons and cons-to-be, it entices bounty hunters, thugs-for-hire, smokin' hot vixens and double-crossing mobsters including Ben Affleck and Alicia Keys to join in the hunt. With all eyes on Tahoe, this rogues' gallery collides in a comic race to hit the jackpot and rub out Aces.