Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

Most people think so. 84% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 52%, but audiences disagreed.

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. Wikipedia ↗

Lucky Number Slevin is a 2006 American crime thriller directed by Paul McGuigan. Josh Hartnett stars as Slevin Kelevra, a young man visiting New York who is mistaken for his friend Nick Fisher and drawn into a war between two rival crime bosses — The Boss, played by Morgan Freeman, and The Rabbi, played by Ben Kingsley — who each want Slevin to perform a task to settle the other's debt. Meanwhile, a mysterious assassin known as Mr.

Goodkat, played by Bruce Willis, moves through the shadows pulling strings that connect everyone involved. Lucky Number Slevin was constructed as an elaborate Hitchcockian wrong-man thriller that gradually revealed its true nature as a long-game revenge plot whose pieces had been arranged over decades. The stylish, dialogue-heavy approach drew comparisons to Tarantino, and the ensemble cast's evident enjoyment of the material was infectious.

Lucy Liu appeared as Slevin's neighbor and love interest. Lucky Number Slevin earned $56 million worldwide on a $27 million budget.