Among his most energetic works.
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07/11/02
The Killing (1956)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:24
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.2/10
Runtime: 89 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Sterling Hayden stars in Stanley Kubrick's crime noir classic, THE KILLING, based on crime Lionel White's novel CLEAN BREAK. Hayden plays Johnny Clay, an ex-con with a plan to steal $2 million from... [More]
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cook, Timothy Carey, Coleen Gray
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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Reviews for The Killing
Stanley Kubrick's third film established him as a full-fledged filmmaker and a potential master.
02/04/06
Characteristically Kubrick in both its mechanistic coldness and its vision of human endeavour undone by greed and deceit, this noir-ish heist movie is nevertheless far more satisfying than most of his later work.
02/09/06
A brilliant film, and one well worth seeing -- whether as an example of what Kubrick was capable of doing with limited resources, a classic film noir, or one of those many movies which Tarantino has liberally drawn from.
01/01/00
Even though he was just staring out, Kubrick instantly mastered the crime genre. A stunning film.
10/03/07
Stellar Kubrick film noir.
06/27/01
Strongly recommended for any film noir fan -- it's full of double-crosses and surprises, loaded with honest crooks, weak men, one wicked woman and some great two-fisted dialogue.
11/07/02
Arguably Stanley Kubrick's most perfectly conceived and executed film.
05/08/07
Top CriticStanley Kubrick's masterful manipulation of chronology brings an excruciating sense of doom to The Killing, a classical noir about a carefully threaded heist unraveled by the scheming of a fiendish femme.
05/01/06
Simply put, this is one of the best crime films ever made.
01/01/00
[The film] at first tends to be somewhat confusing, soon settles into a tense and suspenseful vein which carries through to an unexpected and ironic windup.
05/08/07
Top CriticAn engrossing little adventure.
01/01/00
Top CriticHardboiled early Kubrick.
07/30/03
Kubrick made grander and greater films, but this is among his most dramatic.
10/03/07
Com uma estrutura narrativa avançada para sua época, este longa é mais uma prova (desnecessária, claro) de que Kubrick sempre foi um Mestre em sua arte.
01/06/04
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11/19/04
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08/22/03
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06/04/04
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02/22/04
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