Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment | |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Countries | Canada United States |
Language | English |
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball is a 2010
Plot
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the
Eight minutes before the deadline, McTeague and Martinez work together in an attempted hostage situation that turns into a Mexican standoff between them and the FBI agents. The standoff escalates into a shootout when the Tremors fire a bomb-strapped clown through the bar doors, Martinez killing Salerno and various agents before being fatally shot as the Tremors storm in while Little escapes the resulting bloodbath. McTeague takes the dying Martinez to a closet where he cradles her in his arms and then kills Baby Boy with a planted explosive before being gunned down by Lester and Fritz. Meanwhile, the disguised Soot escaped the firefight and tricks Abrego into letting him into the secure area, his disguise damaged while killing the agent. The Tremors breach the elevator and kill the last remaining agents outside the bunker. Soot takes an agent hostage and threatens to kill him unless Baker opens the bunker door, but Baker refuses. At the same time, the Tremors fire a rocket-propelled grenade at the door, which Soot narrowly escapes.
Kaitlyn, who has penetrated the tunnels next to the bunker, blows a hole in it and starts firing on the agents inside, trying to kill Weed. Nicholas is killed protecting him just before Baker kills Kaitlyn. With only two minutes to go, Weed suddenly tries to open the bunker door while revealing he has C4 hidden under his wheelchair and is rigged to a
Not long after, as Lester and Soot take advantage of emergency services to escape in the crowd, Baker emerges from the ruined bar to find himself and Little the only surviving the FBI agents. Baker is approached by Special Agent Anthony Vejar who asks him if he saw Weed die, revealing that Weed was actually a CIA elite
Cast
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Latin for "bald eagle." Also known as "Socrates".
- Clayne Crawford as FBI Supervisory Special Agent Zane Baker
- David Richmond-Peck as FBI Special Agent Dominic Dumare
- Jason Schombing as FBI Special Agent Abrego
- Jared Keeso as FBI Special Agent Nicholas
- Hrothgar Mathews as FBI Special Agent Redstone
- Christopher Michael Holley as FBI Special Agent Malcolm Little
- Merwin Mondesir as FBI Agent Osterberg
- Michael Edwards as FBI Agent Williamson
- Phillip Mitchell as FBI Agent Culham
- Douglas Chapman as FBI Agent O'Keefe
- Grant Elliott as FBI Agent Patrch
- Kirsten Robek as FBI Analyst Jenny Lee
- Keegan Connor Tracy as FBI Analyst Vicky Salerno
- Sonja Bennett as FBI Analyst Jules Scott
- Ernie Hudson as FBI Special Agent Anthony Vejar
- Martha Higareda as Ariella Martinez
- Vinnie Jones as Finbar "The Surgeon" McTeague
- Autumn Reeser as Kaitlyn "AK-47" Tremor
- Maury Sterling as Lester Tremor
- Michael Parks as Fritz Tremor
- C. Ernst Harth as Baby Boy Tremor
- Tommy Flanagan as Lazlo Soot
- Peter Benson as Marty Mecklen
- Damon Johnson as Milton White
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 44% of 9 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.2/10.[2]
References
- ^ a b Jason Buchanan (2014). "Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10.
- ^ "Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved September 8, 2022.