When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Acting
Chris Pine unhinged as a neo-Nazi tremor addict.
Editing
Rapid-fire cuts that mirror the coke-fueled paranoia.
Practical Effects
Gloriously messy practical squibs and face trauma.
Director
Joe Carnahan
Ryan Reynolds
Richard Messner
Andy Garcia
Stanley Locke
Martin Henderson
Hollis Elmore
Chris Pine
Darwin Tremor
Ray Liotta
Donald Carruthers
Alicia Keys
Georgia Sykes
Common
Sir Ivy
Taraji P. Henson
Sharice Watters
Davenia McFadden
Loretta Wyman
Jeremy Piven
Buddy Israel
Ben Affleck
Jack Dupree
Peter Berg
"Pistol" Pete Deeks
Matthew Fox
Bill
Jason Bateman
Rupert 'Rip' Reed
Nestor Carbonell
Pasquale Acosta "S.A. Gerald Diego"
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The chainsaw scene was almost cut until Carnahan convinced the studio it was 'morally necessary' to the film's anarchic spirit.
The film's structure deliberately mirrors The Dirty Dozen — assembling teams only to obliterate them, questioning if any 'mission' justifies the massacre.
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