After taking a look at the trailer for “Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball”, you can’t help but agree with Universal: yeah, this is definitely not theatrical worthy stuff here. If anything, it looks like your run-of-the-mill direct-to-DVD action movie, the kind that usually...

Well this is kind of a surprise. Joe Carnahan’s follow-up to his ensemble hitman movie “Smokin’ Aces”, since retitled, “Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball” is heading straight to DVD. Universal Studios Home Entertainment is releasing the film under their Universal’s...

I’m not that big a fan of Smokin’ Joe Carnahan’s 2006 actioner “Smokin’ Aces”. As Simon Cowell would say, I thought it was overly indulgent, messy, and rubbish. But hey, you kids seem to like it, and enough people in general seem to appreciate it that Smokin’...

The last time we heard from Smokin’ Joe and his prequel to his hitman-a-thon flick “Smokin’ Aces”, it was more than a year ago, when Joe told fans of via his blog that the studio “flipped” for his script, which means they liked it. At least, that’s what they...

Over at his blog, Smokin Joe Carnahan has updated the fanbase on news regarding his upcoming “Smokin’ Aces” sequel, which, from what we’ve heard, will be a prequel of sorts. According to Joe: “They flipped for the script. Not a single note. Not that we can’t get in...

Joe Carnahan, or as he likes to call himself, “Smokin’” Joe Carnahan, has updated his fans on the state of his “Smokin’ Aces” sequel via his site. No shocker that it’ll be a prequel instead, and it has been greenlit by the studio based on the strength of a plot...