Smokin Aces

fresh from his success with hbo s entourage jeremy piven gives his career a further boost by taking the lead role in director joe carnahan s narc fast paced thriller smoking aces piven plays buddy aces israel a former vegas performer who has holed up in the penthouse suite of a lake tahoe casino after what seems like half the planet decides they want him dead the reason for this bloodlust stems from israel s dalliances with the mob who have put a 1 million price tag on his head after discovering he is about to tell all to the feds the only people who don t want to put a premature end to israel s life are two fbi agents played by ryan reynolds and ray liotta and their boss andy garcia as various assassins attempt to put an end to israel s pitiful existence a parade of celebrity cameos ensues including alicia keys common ben affleck and jason bateman