Fincher having fun, but not a lot of substance
Film critic Jason Evans has made it his mission to tell you everything you need to know about movies and TV in less time than it takes to pull a trigger. His reviews are exactly 100 words long (99 is not enough, but 101 is too long). Here is his 100-word review of The Killer.
The Premise – David Fincher (Gone Girl, Fight Club, The
Social Network) brings us a simple story of an assassination gone wrong.
Michael Fassbender is The Killer, a gun for hire who – for the first time ever –
misses his mark on a Paris hit. As he returns home, he finds that his handler has
turned against him, hiring other assassins to take him out. Suddenly the hunter
is the hunted. The film also stars Charles Parnell (Top Gun: Maverick) and
Tilda Swinton.
The 100 words – A simplistic, spare story that would be
little more than an obvious action flick in the hands of a lesser director, but
Fincher brings such style and craft to the screen that it soars at times. The script
is thin – almost all the dialogue takes place in Fassbender’s head – which
makes it harder to engage with the characters. There are several hysterical
doses of humor to break the tension and an outstanding hand-to-hand fight in
the middle of the film. I doubt this will be as lasting as Fincher’s best work,
but is a propulsive, if quiet, film worth seeing.
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