Michael Fassbender

Tilda Swinton

Charles Parnell

Arliss Howard

Kerry O'Malley

Sophie Charlotte

Emiliano Pernia

Gabriel Polanco

Sala Baker

Endre Hules

Bernard Bygott

Monique Ganderton

Daran Norris

Nikki Dixon

Paloma Palacio Colon

Lía Lockhart

Arturo Duvergé

Génesis Estévez

Leroy Edwards III

Kellan Rhude

Sacha Beaubier

Branden Mitch

Brandon Morales

Kyrstal Ortiz

Erik Hellman

Carlos Rogelio Diaz

Ilyssa Fradin

Julia Rowley

Jack Kesy

Eric Tolzmann

Jirus Tillman

Kev Morris Sr.

Brett C. Johnson

Tariq Azikiue

Jérôme Keen

Stéphane Vasseur

François Patissier

Dzianis Chpoutalau

Cécile Coves

Claire Patronikn

Lila Espinasse

Sara Mezouar

Zacharia Mezouar

Marie Bessière

Nino Viard

Antoine Matichard

Anna Cosmao

Alexandra Holzhammer

Nicholas Emmanuele

Brendan O'Connor

April Melerine Maness

Aura Faulkner

Bryan Lane

Elvis Mariñez

Brandi Kalish

Matthew Gatlin

Andrew W. Bofinger

Alice Alward

Katherine Feliz

Jill Broadfoot

Lorenz Plassmann

Chris Cleek

Colin Sieburgh

Tommy Rodriguez

Jessica Stumpf

Lenaig Periot-Boulben

Brian A. Waits

Sébastien Fouassier

Marie d'Hallivillée

Charles-Axel Vollard

Andrea Hachuel

James R. McAllister

Michael Primmer

Emily Kacere

Karla Torres

Richard Goodwin

Josselin Panchout

Luis Alfaro

Diego Fabian Lozada Bocanegra

Monica Timmerman

Erik Messerschmidt

Donald Graham Burt

Kirk Baxter

Peter Mavromates

William Doyle

Ben Insler

Russell August Anderson

Jennifer Chung

Aaron Crippen

Matt Kutcher

Silvina Lesa Brown

Brice Liesveld

Brendan Durand

Hannah Scott

Tanguy Baudrier

Garet Urban

Victor Filiano Perez

Dave Macomber

Yann Tremblay

Dominique Fouassier

Jaime Dawkins

Derek A. James

Yabin Morales

Jake Maymudes

Matthew Brady Harris

Wei Zheng

Josh Batista

Danny Gonzalez

Justin Kell

Justin Eaton

Joffrey Darel

Elias Duhe Jr.

Erik F. Hill

Francesca Aiassa

Donnie Dean

James Pastorius

Morgan Lesné

Giovanni Quéné

Nicholas Hava

Tucker Korte

Frédéric Houivet

Liam Hoppe

Aaron Parker

Justin Kane Miller

Jeff Moshell

Drew Kunin

Casey Curtiss

Richard Quinn

Andrea McKee

Jeremy Molod

Miles Crist

Steve Fine

Nicholas Bradford

Brandon Jones

Michele Woods

Sam Southwick

Lisa Chino

Doc Kane

Brian S. Osmond

Dan Tappan

Micky Froehlich

Sally Boldt

Milos Stojanovic

Andy Winderbaum

Brett Voss

Benjamin Darier

Nikolai Loveikis

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The Killer

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FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/the-killer-venice-film-festival-review-a-tense-yet-superficial-experience/

"The Killer is unquestionably the simplest, most straightforward movie of David Fincher's career, for better and for worse. On one hand, Michael Fassbender's melancholy narration and magnetic performance, as well as the moody cinematography and throbbing score, contribute to the immersive, tension-driven experience remarkably idealized and executed by the filmmaker.

On the other hand, the lack of any emotional layer related to the superficial story and nameless characters, along with a repetitive structure devoid of secondary arcs, gradually alienates viewers from the equally underdeveloped fictional world.

A case of admiration more than enjoyment."

Rating: B-

CinemaSerf

Does anyone remember Baz Luhrmann's song "Sunscreen"? Well the narrative mantra provided here by assassin Michael Fassbender reminded me of some of the profundities of that lyric - though not as wittily. The remainder of this film, however, is unlikely to be conjuring up memories anytime soon. His meticulously planned kill takes out a poor, leather-clad, school mistress instead of the intended target and so he has to flee. Now one might assume that such a character would be un-spookable. Well, nope - not this one. He is actually a bit nervous as he takes the long route home to safety in the Dominican Republic. When he gets there, he discovers that it wouldn't have been that safe there either as his pal "Magdala" (Sophie Charlotte) has been seriously wounded in an assault on his remote home. Bent on revenge, he sets out to track down the offenders and ultimately determines to come face to face with the millionaire client. Now he hasn't quite got a Yellow Pages, but his detective work is carried out with rather brutal ease. We have the odd combat scene, a dog gets pretty zoned out with painkillers and the denouement - featuring a sparing contribution from Tilda Swinton - has precisely zero menace or sophistication to it. Fassbender is very easy on the eye, but the rest of this is about as derivative as it gets - a sort of distant cousin of "The Mechanic" (2011) and it's not really very good.

The Killer presents a stylish front, intelligent narration and quality performances, backed by compelling cinematography. 

That said, when you take a step back, its still "just another" hit man flick, leaving far shallower footsteps, than say, Leon: The Professional.

Its essentially driven by a very basic story, that's too truncated to add up to anything  meaningful, partially compensated for by lashings of action packed, exposition and a degree of quality narrative.

In and of itself, its marginally better than many other knock off's but not by as much, as it might think.

In summary, offers a little extra polish but does not aspire to the iconic heights, of films that made this genre famous, in the first place.

Raw and ruthless - The Killer by David Fincher is basically a 75% thriller 25% action movie that tells about the daily life of a hired hitman - that makes a mistake on job (this is shown in the first 30 min). Then he and who he cares (a girlfriend in Dominican Republic) will pay the price - but things aren't so easy. It reminded me very much the ecstasy of seeing the fist movie incarnation of 007 by Daniel Craig raw violence and not a snobby agent on a suit. 

He won't let those whom did he things go impune, so what to do do? Chase one by one, hitman style, silent, evasive, focalized - the prototype of a Sigma male (like others characters aka John Wick, James Bond, etc.).

David Fincher is already know by a huge list of excellent movies including The SOcial Network, Se7ven, Gone Girl, Fight Club, The Zodiac, Mindhunter and the list go on. He already have his established style, violent and gritty and The Killer doesn't go far from it. 

Don't get me wrong - this isn't from the "another movie" perspective, by another good movie perspective. Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en, 8mm) wrote the script based on the french comic book 'Le Tueurby" by the writer Matz and artist Luc Jacamon (2000).

Action wise, the movie have more scenes of the standard procedures of the "profession" that raw action, aside from one chapter, where there is a brutal fight (the movie is divided in chapters btw). Michael Fassbender and the others (I am truly a fan of any movie that Tilda Swinton stars) - are the pieces that make the movie especially the first one, raw, obstinate and methodic while always listening to "The Smiths" to keep his mind clean and focus on what to do, to not deviate from the plan. 

Although there are few lines of dialog between characters, 90% os the dialog is from Fassbender in first person, on the thoughts in his mind. 

Aside from the strange fitting of Morrissey in the music track, we have a minimalistic but sober OST made impeccability by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. This movie is a must watch to anyone that enjoy hitman's movies - I gave it a 8,0 out of 10,0 score / A-. 

We may have a contender from adapted screenplay here for the Academy, and maybe for best actor and direction.

A tad bit underwhelming follows an assassin who botched a job and how he goes about it he's very clever and sly Fassbender does really good

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'The Killer' | Scene at The Academy

Behind The Scenes - Kirk Baxter on Editing The Killer with David Fincher

Behind The Scenes - Ren Klyce and David Fincher on The Sound of The Killer

David Fincher and The Killer Crew Break Down The Brute vs The Killer Fight Scene

Behind the Scenes - David Fincher on Directing The Killer

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Official Teaser Trailer