Murder by Contract

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Will G Jan 28 A great noir movie! I liked it when one actor called the other guy “Superman”. It was about a person who is hired to kill other people. There is a twist at the end. See more Insomniac X Jan 28 A low budget oddity from 1958 that shows its cult potential from the very first frame, but ultimately disappoints. Feels like an early precursor to Tarantino’s bantery, meandering crime films, but Quentin has a knack for making these scenarios pop, whereas this one feels like a bit of a chore to get through. If Scorsese hadn’t blessed it, this would almost certainly be just another forgotten mediocre genre movie. See more acsdoug D @acsdoug Jan 27 It's worth a watch but I wouldn't give it "classic" status. Vince Edwards is excellent and the story is good, although I thought the ending was a bit of a cop out. The soundtrack is repetitive and gets tiresome, See more Alfa W 11/26/2024 Everyone was saying this was a film classic especially becuase it was seen by Martin Scorsee who adapted parts of if for Taxi Driver. Unfortunately it is not a "classic" compared to other Film Noirs. It looks like it was made on a lower budget than most. There are many errors in logic and the music has not been cosidered well at all more like one music stream for the whole film either "on or off". I had to turn the music off during some scenes as it was very distracting. Although outststanding performances by all the lead actors its let down in the writing and just lack of experienced filmmaking. You could say its a B picture thats done well. I also saw the 100% rating on Rotten Tomatos and its just not correct. See more Glen H 11/02/2024 Yikes. There's a reason this one is a "forgotten" noir. Very stylistic and does its very best to be "cool," but keeps prolonging the story into a repetitive snoozefest that really goes nowhere. Just poorly done. Anyone rating this highly is really just brown nosing. It's just not a good film, period. See more 09/03/2024 I understand Scorsese's love for the film, who has impeccable taste in film, but this was definitely more style over substance where its short running time even felt too long. There are some interesting scenes for a character study, but it often falls flat with poor dialogue and questionable motivations. Wouldn't recommend it. See more Read all reviews

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