Smokin' Aces is a 2006 British-American action-crime film written and directed by Joe Carnahan. The plot resolves around a notorious mafia informant named Israel (Jeremy Piven), protected by the FBI and hiding at the top of a heavily-guarded tower to escape the various bounty hunters, killers and mercenaries sent after him. It stars an ensemble cast consisting of Ryan Reynolds, Joseph Ruskin, Martin Henderson, Ray Liotta, Alex Rocco, Tommy Flanagan, Alicia Keys, Common, Taraji P. Henson, Nestor Carbonell, Chris Pine, Kevin Durand, Maury Sterling, Jason Bateman, and Ben Affleck as the many characters chasing and killing each other in order to either protect, capture, or kill Israel.