Lucky Number Slevin

"Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong number."

Apr 7 2006 R 1h 50m
Crime, Drama, Mystery

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.

Plot

In an airport waiting room, a man in a wheelchair tells a stranger a story about a fixed horse race in 1979 that resulted in a family's deaths. In Manhattan, two bookies and the son of a Mob boss die. A young man just out of the shower answers the door to a neighbor woman and explains that he's visiting, has had a bad week, including being mugged, and doesn't know where his pal, who lives there, is. The neighbor is chatty; she's a coroner. Two thugs arrive and, believing the visitor to be the guy who lives there, take him to see the boss with the dead son, who tells him to kill the son of his Mob rival. Mistaken identity? What connects the threads? Cops are watching.

Written by

Jason Smilovic

Directed by

Paul McGuigan

Production Countries

United States of America, Germany

Production Companies

VIP Medienfonds 4, The Complex, Mel's Cite du Cinema, Lucky Number Slevin Productions Inc., Ascendant Pictures, Capitol Films, FilmEngine, The Weinstein Company

Languages

English

Awards

5 wins & 4 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
331,308
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
53
Popularity
NA