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Release Date: 23 October, 2001 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $9.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (11 total) |
Panic Reviews
Solid
William H Macy stars as a hitman that wants to leave the business that his father built. He's not a very happy man despite a loving wife and a young child, and seeks the attention of a young woman whom he met a as a fellow patient at the therapist office...
Things get heated when he finds out his next job is to kill the therapist or his father will expose his secret life and destroy his marriage.
This is a very good film. Not such much action, but a good script that stays away from cliches and cheesy lines. The acting is top notch other than Neve Campbell who never really makes her presence felt. In fact, I'd say her acting was alot worse than it was in her first gig Scream years back.
Macy himself does the sad and lonely character really well. I'm not sure he has alot of depth... But he's obviousally found his niche in the acting world. He sort of like Samuel L Jackson in the since that he doesn't have alot of depth, but he's really good at what he does do well.
So why does this movie not get a higher grade?
Well, for one... William isn't really convincing that he's a hitman. Also, the poor job of Neve brings it down alittle... The movie also slightly drags because no action really happens. These things obviousally don't ruin the movie, but they keep it from being as good as it could have been.
Good but with faults
This is actually a fine film; far from first-rate, but a solid 3 on a scale of one to four. The acting is excellent; Macy can do no wrong. But there are shortcomings in the writing. There is gratuitous sex throughout, for example, and the ending is contrived and predictable. Yes, it's film noir. And not at all the "black comedy" Maltin describes. In short, this is worth your time, unless you'd rather watch something truly serious or funny.
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