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Prime Suspect 4 and Inspector Morse director John Madden comes back to the world of crime after a brief foray into romance with Shakespeare in Love and Captain Corelli's Mandolin with this adaptation of pulp icon Elmore Leonard's novel concerning a real estate agent and her husband (Thomas Jane) who become the targets of two relentless mafia hitmen. When real estate agent Carmen Colson (Diane Lane) catches a glimpse of a hitman named the Blackbird (Mickey Rourke) as he carries out a job, a
Nov 13, 2008 Wide
May 26, 2009
The Weinstein Co.
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It's ultimately Rourke who makes the film worth watching.
An Elmore Leonard adaptation starring Mickey Rourke as a contract killer. And this barely got released? Goddamn Weinstein Company...
the quality of the A-list cast's performances do deserve a tip of the hat.
The film's biggest problem is not that it's a disaster, but that it's merely tepid and dull.
...a thoroughly misguided endeavor...
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Killshot is undoubtedly a mess, but it's a nicely contained jumble with a few great moments of thespian interaction to counteract the estimated 1,000 hands that mangled this picture over the last three years of post-production.
Novelist Elmore Leonard's writing is always sharp with snappy dialogue and well drawn characters. His stories are so descriptive that he's practically already written the script, making his books easy to adapt to the screen. This was one that had all the ingredients for being another successful transfer from page to
July 3, 2011Super Reviewer
Short and bizarre. Diane Lane still looking good like Reggie Miller. Mickey Rourke is robotic Native American. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a Detroit redneck which is arguably the most annoying performance since Al Jolson in the Jazz Singer. Thomas Jane is a shoe in for the bronze medal in Hollywood's Driest Actor
June 1, 2011Super Reviewer
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