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"Lucky Number Slevin" opened yesterday, and although it might be an entertaining and semi-cool movie, the film has a glaring problem at its core.

And his name is Josh Hartnett.



Hartnett is one of those actors who continues to get cast despite a resume that boasts more bombs than decent flicks.

It doesn't help matters that Hartnett often looks like he could break into uncontrollable weeping at any given moment while he's onscreen.

This kind of suspect emotion doesn't bolster your credibility as an action hero or hitman, yet those kind of roles litter his resume.

A few of his notable films:

"Here on Earth" - An odious date movie that also boasted Chris Klein in its cast.

"Pearl Harbor" - This mess of a movie wasn't entirely Hartnett's fault, but he sure as shit didn't help matters.



"Black Hawk Down" - Probably Hartnett's finest film to date, but he also had an excellent supporting cast to help him.

"40 Days and 40 Nights" - I watched 20 minutes of this unfunny, pitiful attempt at comedy and those 20 minutes felt like I'd been bashing my head against a wall for 40 days and nights.

"Hollywood Homicide" - Nobody saw this buddy comedy with Harrison Ford, and that's just as well because it was supposed to be truly awful.



"Sin City" - Although the movie itself was excellent, I thought Hartnett was a horrible choice to bookend the project as he turns in a wholly unbelievable performance as a hit man.



I haven't seen nor talked to anyone who's seen 'Slevin' yet, but Hartnett looks like a boy among men from the previews.

Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Ben Kingsley or Stanley Tucci could put Hartnett's balls in a vice without blinking an eye, which is another reason I'm skeptical of any movie that casts him as an integral part of the story.

On the other hand, maybe I'm just jealous that Hartnett is supposedly dating Scarlett Johansson.

But I doubt it.

-BDS