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Title: Killing Them Softly<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director: Andrew Dominik<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Scoot McNairy, Richard Jenkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Vincent Curatola, James Gandolfini, Trevor Long, Max Casella, Sam Shepard<\/strong><\/p>\n

When they’re not prescribed solely by box office haul, the deeper ambitions of most genre films extend only to technique, or state-of-the-art special effects. “Killing Them Softly,” a grimy, well orchestrated, coiled-spring crime drama from writer-director Andrew Dominik, centers around a knocked-over high stakes card game and its bloody after-effects, which is kind of appropriate, given that its\u00a0gnarled, underworld\u00a0plotting is itself a bluff for the multi-faceted intentions it really has. Darkly entertaining and perfectly absorbing on its own surface terms, Dominik’s third feature film takes on a grander stature as it\u00a0stretches its legs and morphs\u00a0into a pessimistic\u00a0disquisition on the systemic nature of corruption\u00a0in unregulated markets.<\/p>\n

Adapted from George V. Higgins’ novel “Cogan’s Trade,” and relocated from Boston to New Orleans, the movie\u00a0tells the story of a group of guys\u00a0who hatch what they believe to be an ingenious\u00a0plan to take down a Mob-protected card game, figuring that\u00a0its blowhard host, Markie Trattman\u00a0(Ray Liotta), will take the fall since he already feigned the robbery of one of his games in the past.\u00a0Down-on-his-luck Frankie (Scoot McNairy) brings volatile junkie Russell (Ben Mendelsohn) into the fold as the other gunman, but things go sideways after the supposedly easy boost, and their identities are compromised.<\/p>\n

Mid-level enforcer Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) is called in to clean things up, consulting with underworld consigliere Driver (Richard Jenkins). The decision is made to\u00a0deal with Markie and the others by calling in Mickey (James Gandolfini), an out-of-town assassin\u00a0of unhealthy and indiscreet appetites who’s fallen on hard times. But that, too, proves to be a decision fraught with unintended consequences,\u00a0obligating Jackie\u00a0wade further into the breach to\u00a0clean up matters himself.<\/p>\n

Its plot proper is fairly simple, but Dominik, in his adaptation, tucks the film’s narrative neatly under delicious dialogue and colorful characterizations, so it has an extra layer of intrigue, and almost creeps up on viewers. He\u00a0and cinematographer Greig Fraser shoot much of the action in shallow focus, creating a world of seemingly\u00a0authentic\u00a0scumminess.\u00a0Most notably, though, Dominik also sets his\u00a0movie against the backdrop of the great autumnal financial collapse of 2008; on televisions and radios in the background, speeches from politicians serve to underline the parallel economic crunches destabilizing criminal enterprise and society more broadly.<\/p>\n

In doing this\u00a0—\u00a0in dragging subtext forward into the light, albeit a dim one — and vivisecting institutional decay with such flourish and forcefulness, Dominik achieves something special, a work at once gracefully streamlined and kind of artistically blunt. It’s not a subtle film, but it’s not meant to be. Its contours are angular, not smooth. Abetted by great performances that spotlight squirrely, desperate aspiration as well as held power both hard and soft, “Killing Them Softly” carries a big stick. Its thesis, in tethering capitalism to corrosive self-interest and other, even\u00a0baser instincts: even scummy ne’er-do-wells have to answer to someone, and they to their puppeteers as well. Social contracts are a fraud. However uncomfortable that makes\u00a0a viewer\u00a0feel, however, one can take or leave this sociopolitical metaphor without a whit of impact on their enjoyment of the overall product, one of the most stylish and evocatively nihilistic crime dramas of recent years.<\/p>\n

Technical: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acting: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Story: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overall: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written by: Brent Simon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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