Killing Them Softly
(2012)
Directed by Andrew
Dominik this film based on the novel “Cogan's Trade” stars Brad
Pitt, Ben Medelsohn, Ray Liotta and James Gandolfini. Two low level
criminals rob a card game and a mob enforcer is brought in to find
the perpetrators.
The main undertone of
this film is an attempt to use the robber and confidence in the local
card games as a metaphor for the recent global financial crisis but
you could say the film talks the talk but does not walk the walk in
that regard. Otherwise this is a fairly standard crime affair that is
more preachy than effective in it's subtext. Generally the film is
well made with one stand out moment when the first murder takes place
but otherwise is is mostly unremarkable.
3/5
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