Even a hit man deserves a second shot.
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and neurotic psychiatrist, Martin begrudgingly heads out to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion, where he soon comes across the woman he jilted on prom night.
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Classical in form, effortless, comic and spare.
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59 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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- Sierbahnnon TMDB · Aug 20268/10
This is endearing, heartwarming, funny, and pretty darn wholesome given what John Wick has taught us about assassins. A high school reunion is traumatic enough, but when you add some contract killers to the mix then a spiked punch bowl becomes so much less of an issue. The movie is really quite good and plenty funny. It has aged surprisingly well and it has lovely music and cineography. The main cast pulls off their jobs beautifully and the direction is spot on to convey the emotions that are important here. There is a hilarious amount of overkill to some of the fight scenes and you're left wondering about all the loose ends. It's a fun experience and I recommend this movie.
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Cast
- John CusackMartin Q. Blank
- Minnie DriverDebi Newberry
- Dan AykroydGrocer
- Joan CusackMarcella
- Alan ArkinDr. Oatman
- Hank AzariaSteven Lardner
- Jeremy PivenPaul Spericki
- Mitchell RyanMr. Bart Newberry
- Michael CudlitzBob Destepello
- Steve PinkTerry Rostand
Crew
- George ArmitageDirector
- Tom JankiewiczScreenplay
- D.V. DeVincentisScreenplay
- Steve PinkScreenplay
- Jamie AndersonDirector of Photography
- Joe StrummerOriginal Music Composer
- Brian BerdanEditor
- Susan ArnoldProducer
- Roger BirnbaumProducer
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