With a star-studded cast, including a who’s who of gangster drama, Killing Them Softly is the latest feather in the cap of Palme d’Or nominated director Andrew Dominik. Recruiting the help of Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins and James Gandolfini, amongst others, the film puts a different spin on the organised crime genre that has previously had a tendency to neglect depth in its search for action.
An explosive gangster thriller, adapted from the 1974 George V. Higgins novel, Cogan’s Trade, and skilfully updated for the modern day. In recession-hit Louisiana, Johnny Amato comes up with a slick plan to roll a mob-protected card game. To carry out the theft, Johnny turns to Frankie, a jittery young crook who is fresh out of jail and flat broke, and Russell, a gleefully seedy Australian junkie whose latest criminal enterprise involves dog theft. The three conspirators feel assured of success, certain as they are that the mob's suspicions will immediately fall on the game's regular dealer, Markie Trattman. But only a fool believes in a foolproof plan... Although Frankie and Russell manage to pull off the robbery and escape without being recognized, little do they know that seasoned enforcer, Jackie Cogan, has been called upon to investigate the heist and restore the status quo.
Every action has a consequence and, as our three criminals find out, certain consequences have the potential to be much harder hitting than others.
*The film is terribly smart in every respect, with ne'er-a-false note performances and superb craft work from top to bottom.* – The Hollywood Reporter
*This is an unrepentantly cynical take on the hope-and-change promised to the US in 2008; this year's election race makes it look even bleaker, an icily confident black comedy of continued disillusion… ****** – The Guardian
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Killing Them Softly is on: Wednesday 7th at 7.45pm and Thursday 8th at 7.45pm
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