In America you're on your own.
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
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- Graphic violence
- Bleak ending
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Cool, contemplative, grave and bleak.
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- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
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- AstroNoudon TMDB · Jun 20234/10
“Killing Them Softly” has a great noir setting, superb acting and excellent cinematography, but due to the endless pointless conversations, the thin storyline ends up being extremely incoherent. 4/10
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Cast
- Brad PittJackie Cogan
- Scoot McNairyFrankie
- Ben MendelsohnRussell
- James GandolfiniMickey
- Ray LiottaMarkie Trattman
- Richard JenkinsDriver
- Vincent CuratolaJohnny Amato
- Sam ShepardDillon
- George CarrollKenny Gill
- Max CasellaBarry Caprio
Crew
- Andrew DominikDirector
- Andrew DominikScreenplay
- George V. HigginsNovel
- Greig FraserDirector of Photography
- Brian A. KatesEditor
- Steve SchwartzProducer
- Brad PittProducer
- Dede GardnerProducer
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