Killing Them Softly: NR #32

This week's movie is an odd one. It's a crime drama with a message, a simple but effective poster and trailer, and Brad Pitt's name all over it. But none of that matters if the movie sucks. Well does it? Let's find out in my review of...

PLOT

As the 2008 election is decided, and the economy goes deeper into the toilet, three dumb guys decide to rob a mafia card game, and succeed. Jackie, an enforcer, is hired to track down these three guys and kill them.

PROS

Brad Pitt steals the show and every scene he's in. We all know he's a great actor and he doesn't disappoint here.

The film is very stylish, with a lot of memorable scenes, like a slow motion murder at gun point.

CONS

The movie is an hour and 30 minutes long, it feels like over 2 hours and 30 minutes. It so slow and dull that it drags on at too many points. It never knows when to end a scene or what scenes need to be cut. I looked at my watch at one point and was surprised that only 20 minutes had passed.

Not a single character in this film is likable. While I don't have a problem with an unlikable cast, the problem is that the cast is the only thing you can really focus on, so you don't care when people are in danger. Well, at least Pitt is a likable.

The film trys to pull a Tarintino and has characters have pointless but quirky conversations for most of the film. The problem is that none of the conversations are intresting, because you don't like the characters, and the dialouge isn't clever or entertaining.

CONCLUSION

While this isn't an awful film, it's certainly not worth $10 to see on the big screen. If you have to see it, wait untill Redbox or Netflix, where it'll be less than $5.

RATING

REANTABLE