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Lucky Number Slevin is Browser’s pick for tomorrow

Lucky Number Slevin 5.40pm beIN Movies Action 2

A LAIDBACK thriller about a resourceful guy caught in the middle of a New York mob war. If you dig zingy one liners, double crosses aplenty and stylised violence, this is right up your dark alley.

Josh Hartnett is Slevin, staying in the apartment of a friend who has big gambling debts with rival gangsters. He is mistaken for his pal, by the “Boss”, alias Morgan Freeman, who will forgive all if he rubs out the son of rival crime lord, Schlomo the Rabbi, alias Ben Kingsley. Josh also meets Schlomo, who just wants his 30 grand back.

A word to the wise. This mistaken identity stuff, ain’t quite as straight forward as it seems. Flitting about the plot is a mysterious hitman, known as “Goodkat”, alias Bruce Willis, who does jobs for both mobsters. The scene stealer is neighbour Lucy Liu, who knocks on Josh’s door to ask for a cup of sugar and more. Good fun but a touch over complicated.

Paul McGuigan directed in 2006 from a script by Jason Smilovic.

Total Film said: “Dark and comic, sharply written and acted, this entertaining thriller is a neat leftfield spin on a derivative genre.”