After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 39 nominations
Lía Lockhart
- FedEx Clerk
- (as Lia Michelle Lockhart Perez)
Arturo Duvergé
- Taxi Dispatcher
- (as Rafael Arturo Duverge Ortiz)
Génesis Estévez
- United Ticket Agent
- (as Genesis Cristal Estevez Jimenez)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe graphic novel "The Killer" (written by Alexis Nolent, illustrated by Luc Jacamon) has been a passion project for David Fincher for nearly 20 years.
- GoofsThe pistol the Killer uses to shoot his victims does not have a suppressor attached, it is a muzzle brake, which would not silence the gunshots.
- Quotes
The Killer: Of those who like to put their faith in mankind's inherent goodness, I have to ask- based on what, exactly?
- SoundtracksWell I Wonder
Written by Morrissey (as Steven Morrissey) and Johnny Marr
Performed by The Smiths
Courtesy of Warner Music U.K. Ltd.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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Something 's missing
This movie is perfectly fine. It is so perfectly fine, that I can´t think of a single explicit point of criticism at all. However, i can´t think of anything that made it particularly great either. It is too clean. Meanwhile that is the point of the movie. It is about a man whose entire life revolves around minimizing errors, being in control, and following a set of internalized rules without emotions ever coming in the way. And it is an interesting idea to see a hitman treating the profession of violently murdering people as just another repetitive 9 to 5 job, that you just have to get through day after day. But when it comes to telling a compelling story, that is a bit of a problem. Because what generally makes movies stand out - even thrillers like these - is the ability to get people emotionally invested, to have them feel with the characters. This is explicitly not, what is happening here. There is not a single emotion in this movie. It is kind of about revenge but not really. You are just watching a man go through his perfected way of getting his job done and this job just so happens to be killing people who show varying degrees of innocence. We don´t even know anyone´s name. There is however one amazing fight scene that has one of the best choreographies that I have seen in Hollywood in a long time and which had me at the edge of my seat for at least five minutes. Irnoically, this is also the only scene where the character decides to not follow his set of rules and ignores the fact that he might be a little bit too emotional to perfectly execute his task. And it is the most gripping scene of the movie. Maybe that means something...
7/10.
7/10.
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- Nov 3, 2023
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $377,335
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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