George Clooney is the guy who supplies weapons to assassins. Sometimes he might assassinate people, too. At the beginning of the movie, he's in Dalarna, Sweden. Then some assassins show up and he has to leave. Before you can say "Get your ass to Mars", he gets his ass to Italy. There he builds a rifle for a future assassination, meets a gorgeous prostitute, and hides out from the bad guys after him. His weakness is beautiful women. Will it be his undoing? Hmmmm.
If you've seen any of Jean-Pierre Melville's gangster movies from the '60's, you'll definitely see what they were going for in this film. There's lots of walks down deserted streets and shots of driving in the countryside, waiting for something to happen. There's not a ton of action in this movie - like I said, it's not a comic book movie. I can see why it wasn't a big hit. People have been trained to expect an explosion every few minutes, not a few minutes of conversation. No one watches scenes of a craftsman practicing his craft. It's a shame, because the scenes of Clooney building the rifle, making the suppressor, and the explosive bullets are fascinating.
Every single shot in this movie is beautiful. Every set is immaculate. Every film reference is cleverly done. Why didn't people flock to this movie? Have people really become that simple? That's a shame. This movie is fantastic and deserves to be seen by everyone.
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