killing them softly
Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.
Killing Them Softly is essential viewing. Gritty, tense, darkly funny and one of the best films of the year. Director Andrew Dominik uses the same stylish direction and stunning cinematography as his previous work, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. One of Killing Them Softly's greatest strengths is it's cast. Brad Pitt plays Jackie Cogan, a professional hitman. He can't stand the emotions and feelings from the people he kills when at close range. He likes killing them softly, from a distance. This is one of Pitt's best performances and his best role since Tyler Durden in Fight Club. Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini and Ray Liotta all give riveting performances. Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn are unrecognizable as Frankie and Russell, two idiots who think there smart enough to rob a mob-protected card game. But after Russell brags about the heist, both are in danger from the mob and Jackie. Killing Them Softly is one of the most beautifully shot movies I've ever seen. The slow motion car crash scene is incredible. The dialogue between Brad Pitt and Scoot McNairy in the last thirty minutes is amazing. Brad Pitt's killer line "I'm living in America, and in America you're on your own. America's not a country. It's just a business. Now f**kin' pay me" is the best line I've heard in a long time. This deserves to sit next to great crime films like The Departed and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Killing Them Softly is a modern masterpiece.
Killing Them Softly is essential viewing. Gritty, tense, darkly funny and one of the best films of the year. Director Andrew Dominik uses the same stylish direction and stunning cinematography as his previous work, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. One of Killing Them Softly's greatest strengths is it's cast. Brad Pitt plays Jackie Cogan, a professional hitman. He can't stand the emotions and feelings from the people he kills when at close range. He likes killing them softly, from a distance. This is one of Pitt's best performances and his best role since Tyler Durden in Fight Club. Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini and Ray Liotta all give riveting performances. Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn are unrecognizable as Frankie and Russell, two idiots who think there smart enough to rob a mob-protected card game. But after Russell brags about the heist, both are in danger from the mob and Jackie. Killing Them Softly is one of the most beautifully shot movies I've ever seen. The slow motion car crash scene is incredible. The dialogue between Brad Pitt and Scoot McNairy in the last thirty minutes is amazing. Brad Pitt's killer line "I'm living in America, and in America you're on your own. America's not a country. It's just a business. Now f**kin' pay me" is the best line I've heard in a long time. This deserves to sit next to great crime films like The Departed and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Killing Them Softly is a modern masterpiece.