Movie Review: "Smokin' Aces"

Just got back from checking out "Smokin' Aces". Pretty good story, lots of great actors, LOTS of blood and gore. Well done blood and gore, but LOTS of it. And just a dash of gratuitous nudity. (Sidenote: Is cinematic nudity ever truly "gratuitous"? I could find a way to justify nudity in a movie about nuns in a leper colony. Nuns come home after a long day helping the sick, need a hot bath, possibly a massage. Maybe some flash-back sequences to when the really hot, young nun was working as a stripper to pay the bills. You know, before she found god, became a nun, moved to the leper colony. I see this as a Russ Meyer movie, but he's dead. Too bad. He could make this work. Think "Mondo Topless" meets "Supervixens" meets "The Flying Nun".) Anyway, I mostly enjoyed the movie, but would not recommend it to anybody who's the least bit squeamish about blood, shootings, stabbings, etc. Tarantino fan, this might work for you. "Apple Dumpling Gang" fan, not so much.