The Killer (2023)
6/10
Different, yet predictable and stupid
10 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
When it comes to movies that feature hitmen I always wonder whether the director thinks his audience is stupid. Why do hitmen always do stuff that no professional killer would do? For instance, in this movie:
  • He stand for hours in front of a window waiting for his target to arrive, people can see him constantly
  • He drives a big fat car in the Dominican yet he narrates to be not standing out and quiet
  • He listens to music when he needs to make the shot, what if someone behind him comes in (this actually happened before)
  • He gets rid of phones but stamping on them but never checks whether they are really dead
  • He doesn't always wear gloves when holding guns that he uses
  • In the end he shows his face to 4 waiters in the restaurant
  • He sleeps in his car in front of his targets house, wtf
  • He exhibits all his passports and guns while two cleaning people are cleaning up the mess in his house (where was the police btw in this whole blood-covered adventure that took place in his house?)


All of this would have been ok, if: he DIDN'T say throughout the movie how professional he is and what things to be careful of etc. Really are we considered stupid??

Besides that, I thought the acting was quite good, storyline ok, kind of exciting, ending sort of unexpected but also a bit weird considering the guy saw him and even spoke with him.

@all directors out there, stop taking your audience for stupid, we are not.
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