The Killer

Nothing new here that's the disappointing part, great directors often give us high expectations given their former work but not all their movies are masterpieces and I guess that's all right.. Some are more consistent than others of course, but long story short this is a regular hitman movie, with great cinematography and direction and a great lead.

It's not that the movie is bad, everything looks good, I didn't mind the approach to the story, the fact that it is a monologue from the main character and you navigate the story he tells is all right - it's well acted and directed which is what kept me interested but other than that is average at best... The dialogue seems a bit forced, while trying to convey these pseudo life lessons it feels like I am looking at quotes on Facebook and the plot couldn't be more basic...

Overall it's an okay movie, its style and production are great and Fassbender delivers as expected, but it's not enough to make it memorable or compelling.

It seems after all these years Netflix keeps its formula of enlisting a famous actor for a an average movie to keep their subscriptions going.

This film is not bad. That's not what I'm trying to saying, but if you showed this to a Fincher fan and tell him that he directed this, do you think that they would believe you? Doubt it.

This is one of Fincher's simplest films. Even the title, "The Killer". It's so unoriginal and uncreative from an honest standpoint. This is also derivative. Feels like "You", but make Joe less neurotic & impulsive, but more detached, alongside making the story less melodramatic and complicit, but more clinical and detached.

It's really not like Fincher's films. This film can be buried for Mindhunter season 3, a great Fincher show that explores the minds and psychology of convicted murderers.

This film feels like a modern Hitchcock film. I did a thing where I watched this movie late at night while just about half-asleep, and the movie actually felt peak. I started doing this with just about all other films not on my stories list, which I call them my "filler stories". If a film ever feels too boring and lacking plot, watch it late at night when you're unable to sleep but are so tired.

I don't understand why people give this movie 1-2 stars. It's not a great movie but how do you rate it so low when 90% of movies are much worse and have better ratings. It does start slow but then turns into a quite watchable and enjoyable action flick, with minor logical holes but a gem compared to movies that don't make sense at all.

Sure; it will be a waste of time for many, but what do you expect, to be enlightened and see something amazing and original that no one ever suspected? How many of such movies are released every year?

The Killer is simply a dose of decent entertainment when you do decide to waste some time and run out of amazing truly movies to watch.

The Killer is very understated for a movie that is ostensibly a thriller, so I'm not really surprised that many viewers don't quite know what to make of it. But if you're willing to give it the attention and consideration it deserves I don't think you will regret it.

It's particularly interesting that so many people are faulting this movie for the protagonist frequently not living up to what he says about himself. That's kind of the point. The voiceover throughout the movie isn't narration, it's internal monologue. He's not telling these things to us, he's telling them to himself.

What makes the character interesting is hearing the things he says in his head, and then seeing how his actions either conform or conflict with them. When he tells himself "reject empathy" over and over, and then shows someone a sliver of kindness, we understand that he's violating his personal code of conduct and we're left to ponder why. Maybe deep down he's still a human being, no matter how much he might want to believe that he's simply a killing machine.

We all have an idea in our heads of the person we'd like to be, but we're seldom able to live up to that idea. In that way the Killer is just like us. Except he kills people for a living.

Was really looking forward to this movie as i like Michael Fassbender and David Fincher and they never showed it at any cinemas near me during its limited release. Maybe i've just built it up too much in my head but i can't help but be disappointed in it.

It has alot of cool style and it as dark as you'd expect from Fincher. Who as you'd imagine, does a good job of directing. But its a very straightforward story and i couldn't help but say "Would a professional hitman really do that?" at certain points of it.

The constant commentary of the movie won't be for everyone and there's only so much dramatic acting Fassbender can do as a stealthy killer. So all in all. Pretty average.