Lucky Number Slevin (also known as
Lucky # Slevin or
The Wrong Man ) is a 2006crime
thriller film written by Jason Smilovic, directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci, Lucy Liu and Bruce Willis. Set in New York City, the plot focuses on the paths of Slevin Kelevra (Hartnett), Lindsey (Liu), two feuding mafia bosses known as The Boss (Freeman) and The Rabbi (Kingsley), and a mysterious hitman known as Mr. Goodkat (Willis).
Over the film's opening credits, two men are ambushed in separate locations and murdered, their ledgers stolen from their bodies by the unseen killers. Later, in the waiting area of a bus station, a young man is approached by Goodkat (Bruce Willis), who tells the story of Max, a family man who bets borrowed money on a fixed horse race. Unknown to Max, the mobsters financing the fix discover others betting on it and, to set an example and solidify their reputation, murder Max and his entire family. As Goodkat concludes the story, he tells the man about the "Kansas City Shuffle," a confidence trick described as "everybody looks right, and I go left." Moments later, he promptly snaps the man's neck.
In New York City, Slevin Kelevra (Josh Hartnett) answers the door to his friend's apartment and meets bubbly neighbor Lindsay (Lucy Liu), who observes that Slevin is not Nick Fisher, the apartment's renter. Relating to her a sequence of events that lead him to Fisher's apartment, Slevin confesses he has not seen Nick, and that the apartment was unlocked when he arrived. Lindsey expresses concern over Nick's absence and vows to immediately begin investigating his disappearance, first by checking his phone and tracing his most recent calls to a New York hotel. Moments after Lindsey leaves for work, Slevin is kidnapped by henchmen Sloe (Mykelti Williamson) and Elvis (Dorian Missick) who take him to The Boss (Morgan Freeman), a powerful mafia lord who, mistaking Slevin for Nick, orders him to repay Nick's hefty $96,000 debt. Realizing he is unable to pay, the Boss offers to forgive the debt if Slevin murders Yitzchok the Fairy, the son of rival mafia lord The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley), the Boss's former partner, in retaliation for the Rabbi murdering the Boss's son. As Slevin departs to consider his options, the Boss turns to the now revealed Goodkat, who outlines his plan to kill both Yitzchok and Slevin, making their deaths appear to be a murder/suicide pact between two gay lovers.
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