Headshot Reviews
September 27, 2012
While there are some great twists and revelations here, I just kept wishing it would stop with all the cinematic tricks and get to more conventional, straight- forward storytelling.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
September 27, 2012
A dreamy, elliptical neo-noir about a cop turned killer turned something else altogether.
Original Score: 3/5
September 27, 2012
Headshot is, unfortunately, far better with ideas than with narrative.
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| Original Score: C
September 25, 2012
Neither fresh nor especially satisfying, but Ratanaruang distinguishes the hunt with his fluid kineticism, especially in the just-a-touch-too-infrequent shoot-outs and beatdowns.
September 25, 2012
Its vision of contemporary Thailand is recognizable as another society undeserving of redemption, but worthy of poetry.
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| Original Score: 4/5
September 23, 2012
This "Buddhist film noir," as writer-director Pen-ek Ratanaruang calls it, is surprisingly slow-moving and soulful for a film full of double-crosses and cold-blooded killing.
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| Original Score: 3/4
June 5, 2012
The result is a film of high style and assured cool, even if the storytelling gets a little gummy late in the game.