Intro
Good Book Smokin’ Aces
Budget: $30 mil. $17 mil.
Tone: Stylish, glamorous, flashy, macho, Tongue in cheek, quirky, lots of gunplay
hard boiled, cynical humor.
Story:
Both: Involves a mob boss, gangsters, feds, and feme fatales. The story centers around bringing down a big time mob boss.
Smokin: several interlocking tales, Las Vegas . FBI uses mob bosses contract on a sleazy magician to bring down said mob boss. Several other criminals join in the hunt to reap the reward.
Good Book: centers around gambling and police corruption. Also, centers around one main character. Los Angeles.
Genre:
Both are action/crime/gangster/thriller.
Smokin’ Aces has elements of Film Noir, as well.
