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Monday, 3 December 2012

KILLING THEM SOFTLY [2012]

Director Andrew Dominik reteams with Brad Pitt for Killing Them Softly, a screen adaptation of George V. Higgins' crime novel Cogan's Trade.
Dominik uses dry, dark humour and bleak, brutal violence to do a intricate character study wrapped around American political allegories that is stylish, absorbing and well-acted.  All that aside, it never completely comes full circle and leaves a bit to be desired once the credits start rolling.  

3½ businesses (not countries) out of 5

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