LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN

I began watching this movie not knowing what to expect. I heard that it was a mafia/gangster movie and i have rarely watched a mafia movie that i haven't liked. Lucky Number Slevin came in the mail through our netflix account, i didn't order the movie but i had just seen the departed and i was in the mood to watch more criminals do what they do best. One thing that caught my eye was the great actors listed on the cover: Morgan Friedman, Bruce Willis, and Josh Hartnet (I almost didn't watch the movie because his performance in pearl harbor wasn't stellar). Although he was very good in this film, convincing, Lucy Lui starred as Hartnet's "girl". The one thing that disappointed me, the plot wasn't that believable: Two "Dons" or "Godfathers" if you will, live right across the street from one another in the penthouse's of their buildings. There penthouses face eachother yet they never attempt assassinating each other from their compounds. Both leaders stay hidden in their penthouses in fear of being killed out in the "real world". The idea of two mafia leaders living across from each other seems ridiculous but it did allow for interesting twists and turns along the way. I will not go on any longer in fear of ruining the movie, but I will recommend this film to anyone who has seen the departed and thought it was good.