Killing Them Softly (2012)


Killing Them Softly
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6.3 IMDB rating
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Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

Jackie
Scoot McNairy

Scoot McNairy

Frankie
Vincent Curatola

Vincent Curatola

Johnny Amato
Ray Liotta

Ray Liotta

Markie Trattman
Trevor Long

Trevor Long

Steve Caprio


Written by
Andrew Dominik

Andrew Dominik

(screenplay)


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Rich with atmosphere and nuance

7 months ago at Oct 23 3:31
2 votes
"They cry, they plead, they beg, they piss themselves, they cry for their mothers. It gets embarrassing. I like to kill 'em softly. From a distance."

Director Andrew Dominik's third feature film after Chopper and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 2012's Killing Them Softly is a brutal tale of mob politics based on George V. Higgins' 1974 novel Cogan's Trade... read more

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8 months ago at Sep 26 12:56
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I adore Andrew Dominik, CHOPPER is just stupendous and THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES is my favourite film of the 00s. As such I was very much excited for KILLING HIM SOFTLY. As such I’m kind of conflicted about the film, because I think from any other director I’d view it as an absolute slamdunk, but as a follow up to THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES it feels at times kind of perfunctory.read more

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6 months, 2 weeks ago at Nov 7 2:23
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‘America's not a country. It's just a business’. Finito il lavoro, Jackie Cogan fa a pezzi in quattro frasi la filosofia di vita degli Stati Uniti. Che lo faccia mentre il televisore trasmette il discorso di insediamento di Obama ha fatto arricciare il naso a qualcuno, ma lo scambio d battute con l’Autista è assai più ampio e punta dritto alle fondamenta (Thomas Jefferson) di una società ... read more
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Description: When their poker game is knocked off by petty thieves, the Mob calls in their best enforcer, Jackie Cogan, to make things right. Under the eye of a mysterious driver, Jackie must track down and punish those responsible for the heist. His assignment is complicated by those he comes up against along the way - an aging, drunken hit man, ... (more)
Release date : 30 November 2012
2012 (7), Crime (6), 2010s (5), Thriller (4), Drama (3), Hitman (2), 2010's (2), Usa (2), Comedy (1), (1), Character Name In Title (1), Based On Book (1), Based On Novel (1), Card Game (1), Ray Liotta (1), Drugs (1), Ben Mendelsohn (1), James Gandolfini (1), Politics (1), Andrew Dominik (1)
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