Killing Them Softly
KILLING THEM SOFTLY (18)
D: Andrew Dominik
TWC/Annapurna/Plan B (Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Steve Schwartz,
Paula Mae Schwartz & Anthony Katagas)
US 2012
97 mins
Crime/Thriller
W: Andrew Dominik [based on the novel "Cogan's Trade" by
George V. Higgins]
DP: Greig Fraser
Ed: Brian A. Kates & John Paul Horstmann
Mus: Jonathan Elia & David Wittman
Brad Pitt (Jackie Cohan) Scoot McNairy (Frankie), Ben
Mendlesohn (Russell) Richard Jenkins (Driver), James Gandolfini (Mickey), Ray Liotta (Markie Trattman), Sam Shepard (Dillon)
Mixed reviews gave this crime-thriller modest box office
success, though it should appeal certainly to fans of the genre, especially fans of Martin Scorsese's work, which it apes reasonably well, especially with most of the soundtrack
choices.
Brad Pitt plays a cool-as-ice hitman who has to restore order
after three petty criminals rob a mob-protected poker game run by local gangster Ray Liotta.
Whilst not being as visually impressive as Scorsese's works or
as violent as Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, it's still a decent modern crime thriller. James Gandolfini probably steals the movie as an alcoholic, sex-crazed mob boss.
6/10
