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Killing Them Softly
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- Crime/detective
- Thriller
- 2012
- Andrew Dominik
- 93 mins
- 18
Summary
Crime thriller starring Brad Pitt and Ray Liotta. A couple of small-time hoods make the mistake of robbing a high-stakes card game run by the local mob and throw the underground economy into crisis. A hitman is brought in to settle the score and put the Mafia back in the black.
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Damon Wise
The foul-mouthed spirit of David Mamet hangs heavy over this modern-day crime drama set during the Bush-Obama handover in 2008. It begins with two petty criminals, Scoot McNairy (Monsters) and Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom), being briefed by a small-time mobster on a job that involves holding up a high-stakes poker game run by local bigshot Ray Liotta. But then the victims of the stick-up bring in enforcer Brad Pitt to hunt down the dim-witted culprits. Pitt is terrific as the cold-blooded but practical gunman, and his effortlessly cool, world-weary presence makes up for the film's shortcomings, despite his relatively late entry into the proceedings. Otherwise, this a talky and heavy-handed comment on post-financial crisis USA that fails to add anything new to the gangster genre, and is only saved from earnest preaching by a raucous turn from James Gandolfini as a drunk, womanising and ultimately incompetent hitman, and some well-executed, gripping set pieces.
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rolenameJackie CoganBrad PittMarkie TrattmanRay LiottaFrankieScoot McNairyRussellBen MendelsohnDriverRichard JenkinsMickeyJames GandolfiniJohnny AmatoVincent CuratolaKenny GillSlaine Barry CaprioMax CasellaSteve CaprioTrevor LongDillonSam Shepard
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rolenameDirectorAndrew Dominik
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Entertainment
Released on
2012-09-21
Languages
English
Guidance
Violence, swearing, drug abuse.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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