Lucky Number Slevin


Lucky Number Slevin, known as The Wrong Man in Australia, is a 2006 Comedy film written by Jason Smilovic, directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu and Stanley Tucci.

During the films opening credits, two bookies are separately ambushed and murdered by their unseen killers elsewhere, a young man is killed by a sniper. In a bus terminal, a young man is approached by Goodkat Bruce Willis, who tells the story of Max and the Kansas City Shuffle two decades earlier, Max borrowed money from the mob to bet on a fixed horse race, only for the horse to die midrace. To set an example to make sure nobody else would try to bet on a fixed race, the mob killed Max, his wife and young son Henry. Goodkat concludes that a Kansas City Shuffle is a misleading double bluff, and so tricks and kills the young man, before loading his body into a truck.In New York City, Slevin Kelevra Josh Hartnett is staying in his friend Nick Fishers apartment and, upon being visited by Nicks neighbor Lindsey Lucy Liu, discusses Nicks disappearance and why his apartment was unlocked. Lindsey suggests that Nick may be missing and, after she leaves, Slevin is kidnapped by two henchmen, who take him to The Boss Morgan Freeman. Mistaking Slevin for Nick, The Boss orders him to repay a large gambling debt or kill the son of his rival, The Rabbi Ben Kingsley The Boss believes The Rabbi is responsible for assassinating his son seen in the intro, and wants The Rabbis homosexual son, Yitzchok The Fairy, to be killed in revenge. Slevin then returns to the apartment, but is kidnapped again by two Jewish henchmen working for The Rabbi. The Rabbi also mistakes Slevin for Nick, and also demands he repay a large gambling debt. Slevin returns to The Boss and agrees to kill The Fairy. Concurrently with Slevin visiting the mob bosses, it becomes apparent Goodkat is involved in both sides and is responsible for Nicks debts being called in, and he plans to kill Slevin after The Fairy dies though his motivations remain unknown. ........

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