The Killers

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helder f @uniquecliches 01/19/2025 The story is good, with enough twists and surprises. Two hit men find it surprising that their victim didn’t run away when he saw them coming to kill him. They then embark on a journey to try to find peoplewho can tell them more about this man visiting a few people in different cities. In each city, they coerce someone to tell them more about the man. While the story is good, the movie is terribly slow at times. See more Seth M @RT79841154 11/07/2024 Another John Williams masterpiece. See more Irene M @igawel 08/24/2024 Not as good as the original. But the cast is interesting, with a young Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Ronald Reagan and Surprised to see John Cassavetes for the first time. This version of the Hemingway short story doesn't hang together as well as the original, but my favorite character is Lee, the sidekick. Also, doesn't stand up to the test of time, with all the physical violence (Angie Dickinson's character is slapped not once, but twice, hard!) See more Scott M @RT75128960 05/15/2024 Don Siegel before he had the freedom to direct the way he wanted made a few terrible films. This is one of them. The music is so God-awful 1960's Batman and Robin that I wanted to watch it with the sound off. The set peices are straight out of cookie cutter Hollywood sets. The acting by Dickinson, Marvin and Casavettes is good. Reagan is his usual wooden statue of a man. Even Tarantino says this was made like a TV show. See more Alec B @Alec97 02/21/2024 More brutal than the first adaptation from the 40s which leads to some interesting new perspectives on the source material. Also Reagan ended his movie career as a villain here, make of that what you will. See more keith w @Keith166 07/16/2022 Another typical tightly directed and written low budget Don Siegel film. Originally a TV movie it was deemed too violent for broadcast and released theatrically instead, though there is only one murder until the last few minutes. It's a film noir filmed in bright harsh light and it changes the point of view of the Lancaster/Gardner 1946 film by telling it from the point of view of the two hitmen - and I think this works brilliantly. The film really crackles when Marvin and Culager are on screen - less so with the unconvincing car driving shots. With Angie Dickinson as the most fatal of femmes fatales, wooden Ronald Reagan is out of his depth in this acting talent. Fortunately his part is less important than the other leads. Marvin and Gulager are violent in their pursuit of the money - and that includes with Dickinson. There's no gender bias with these two. But Marvin is also seeking understanding. The brilliance of the film is that as the clever plot unfolds you end up rooting for the hired killers and Marvin has a great closing line. Apparently John Cassavetes was seething with resentment being directed by another director. See more Read all reviews

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