Aces 'N' Eights

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Aces 'N' Eights
Genre	Action; Adventure; Western;
Written by	Dennis Shryack; Ronald M. Cohen
Directed by	Craig R. Baxley
Starring	Casper Van Dien; Bruce Boxleitner; Ernest Borgnine
Music by	Gary Chang
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Larry Levinson; Nick Lombardo ; Michael Moran; Matt Fitzsimons
Producer	James Wilberger
Cinematography	Yaron Levy
Editor	Christine Kelley
Running time	88 minutes
Production companies	Larry Levinson Productions; RHI Entertainment
Original release
Network	ION
Release	March 15, 2008 (US)

Aces 'N' Eights is a 2008 American made-for-television action-adventure Western film from RHI Entertainment, starring Casper Van Dien, Bruce Boxleitner and Ernest Borgnine. It is directed by Craig R. Baxley and written by Ronald M. Cohen and Dennis Shryack. Aces 'n Eights first aired on ION on March 15, 2008 on in the US and on June 5, 2008 in the UK. A DVD release of the film was released by Genius Entertainment in May 2008.

Premise

Already taking a gamble settling in the uncharted west, the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness suddenly find themselves being ruthlessly gunned down. With no law and order to be found, justice falls onto the shoulders of an elderly rancher (played by Ernest Borgnine) and an accomplished, but retired, gunslinger (played by Casper Van Dien).

Cast

Casper Van Dien as Luke Rivers
Ernest Borgnine as Thurmond Prescott
Bruce Boxleitner as D.C. Cracker
Deirdre Quinn as Jo Tanner
Jack Noseworthy as Riley
Jake Thomas as Noah
Jeff Kober as Tate
William Atherton as Howard

Reception

The film has an overall rating of 20% on Rotten Tomatoes. One reviewer noted that the cinematography was distracting and some "violent scenes... were too many and went on too long."^[1]

References

^ Aces 'N' Eights on Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 26 February 2015.

External links

RHI Entertainment: "Aces n' Eights"
"Aces 'N' Eights" at IMDb
Aces 'N' Eights at AllMovie
Aces 'N' Eights at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Aces 'N' Eights on Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 26 February 2015.

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