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Regisseur: George Armitage
Duur: 103 min.
Hoofdrolspeler(s): Alan Arkin, Ann Cusa...
EAN: 7321901345254
A nihilistically philosophical hit man (John Cusack) reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit, coinciding with his 10-year high school reunion in the ritzy suburb of Grosse Point, Michigan.
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A film both my wife and I love. It is an excellent film that will having you smiling all the way...through the assassinations and the shoot outs. Excellent soundtrack to boot.
I wouldn't say this should be taken seriously,yet it fills
two hours of action packed entertainment with a barrel of
laughs.John Cusack is a hitman with a conscience who returns
to his high school reunion and encounters his old love who I'm
sorry to say was quite annoyingly played by Minnie Driver.Upon
his arrival he is pursued by rival assasins and old acquaintances
and realises he has a contract out on his old prom dates dad,resulting
in many corpses and about a few thousand bullets.
Overall I enjoyed this,it tends to be a romantic comedy but still
has it's dark side.
two hours of action packed entertainment with a barrel of
laughs.John Cusack is a hitman with a conscience who returns
to his high school reunion and encounters his old love who I'm
sorry to say was quite annoyingly played by Minnie Driver.Upon
his arrival he is pursued by rival assasins and old acquaintances
and realises he has a contract out on his old prom dates dad,resulting
in many corpses and about a few thousand bullets.
Overall I enjoyed this,it tends to be a romantic comedy but still
has it's dark side.
The dark satiric elements of this film are terrific - equating the
moral emptiness of a hit man's career with the moral emptiness of
modern America is spot on. And the guts to make a comedy full of witty
banter and harsh killing is worth admiring. There are also few moments
where Cusack's killer's humanity comes through, and the movie becomes
really affecting.
But there are also moments, and performances that feel arch and pushed,
jokes that get told one too many times, motivations that are vague, and
Hollywood coincidences. The romance at the center with Minnie Driver,
while having charming bits, never feels very grounded, and the ending
feels like a bit of an easy cop-out.
The film is quite good, bravely odd and dark for a Hollywood film. and
fun, but it sets you up expecting much more of a 'Dr. Strangelovian'
impact than it ultimately has.
moral emptiness of a hit man's career with the moral emptiness of
modern America is spot on. And the guts to make a comedy full of witty
banter and harsh killing is worth admiring. There are also few moments
where Cusack's killer's humanity comes through, and the movie becomes
really affecting.
But there are also moments, and performances that feel arch and pushed,
jokes that get told one too many times, motivations that are vague, and
Hollywood coincidences. The romance at the center with Minnie Driver,
while having charming bits, never feels very grounded, and the ending
feels like a bit of an easy cop-out.
The film is quite good, bravely odd and dark for a Hollywood film. and
fun, but it sets you up expecting much more of a 'Dr. Strangelovian'
impact than it ultimately has.
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