cmkramer-33622 Reviews

The Killer (2023)

This movie is what happens when you take The Smith's lyrics literally.

[9/10 · 19 November 2023]

A well crafted movies with ingenious sparks and some Fincher-like atheist quirks plus some hard depressing truths, though certainly not Fincher's best work. I still love it, particularly the nine inch nails' death and Michael Fassbender's and Tilda Swinton's brilliant acting. But it all went too smooth. Less inner monologue and more actual dialogue would have invested me more into the protagonist and his motifs though, but I do not regret having watched it. I have read that it has been Fincher's dear, long-time project that he invested 20 years of development into, so perhaps the nihilistic philosophical approach would have been more radical 20 years ago. Now it's just like your average day on tiktok.

The Man from Rome (2022)

Poorly written, bad camera

[4/10 · 11 January 2023]

I love Richard Armitage, but the Spanish actors are really bad. Particularly A. Salamance is intolerable. All in all, this is a wannabe thriller that has nothing but predictable cliches to offer. The church and politicians are both corrupt and filling their coffres on the back of the poor, but oh so faithful Catholics. Include unimaginative camera takes, shallow dialogue and poor motivation to act for the main character (no stakes at all) and you have a movie that is really boring as hell, if you do not happen to be into 18th century architecture, that is. I only gave it 4 stars because I really do like Richard Armitage.