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Egy gengszterfilm, ami nagyon eredeti akar lenni, kiváló szereposztással. De a szereplők (kivéve a nagymenő Brad-et) inkább bolondok, akik sem tiszteletreméltóak, sem viccesen menők. A párbeszédekből pedig hiányzik a szórakozás és a csattanó (kivéve a Brad utolsó beszólását). A filmben az a legérdekesebb, ahogyan a semmirekellő bűnözők története alá van festve a George W. Bush vagy Barrack Obama televíziós beszédeiből kivett mondatokkal arról, hogy Amerika mennyire nagyszerű, és milyen nagyszerű lesz jövőben is. A vizuális játékok és a lassított felvételek exkluzivitást kölcsönöznek a filmnek, de nem újdonságok, és őszintén szólva a Bosszúállók moziban jobban mutatnak. Az autó ajtajára szerelt, az ajtó nyitó- és zárómozgását követő kamera már Tarantino-nál is volt (és Isten tudja, honnan vette ő az ötletet). A történetből kiugró játékok tetszetősek, de később visszagondolva öncélúnak tűnnek (Gandolfini alakja és annak fontossága a történetben), és végül mégis ahhoz a megoldáshoz vezetnek, amit a film plakátját nézegetve is feltételezünk. (2020.04.25)

“I'm living in America, and in America, you're on your own. America's not a country. It's just a business. Now fucking pay me.” I don't know how this sounds to neo-liberals, but I would chisel these quote in stone. (2013.01.02)

A solid gangster movie. It’s not boring, but I can’t say it’s anything extraordinary. I didn’t get to know enough about any of the characters to really care for them, and it seems that a character that is introduced at the beginning doesn’t appear until the end just to kill someone. Given that in the end they stick a couple of minutes with some sort of message, my complaint could be disregarded by the fact that it’s clearly intentional. But come on! For me, nothing to write home about, no matter how I look at it. Points for the slow-motion shootout in the rain and the scene with the stoned dialogue. Otherwise, the most interesting thing about this film are the elegant posters. (2012.12.30)

It’s a bit boring, but you still get the bad boy Brad Pitt, who’ll get his head spinning trying to solve a pretty complicated case. Anyways, since the story isn’t that interesting, at least the setting is. It’s been a long time, if ever, since I saw a movie dealing with a financial crisis as urgently as this one does. But I guess it really works this way with thieves. I guess it was supposed to mean that since people don’t have much money in a crisis, people buy much less and the loot isn’t worth much, either. The score certainly wasn’t great here, which the thieves got to understand pretty quickly. (2014.10.10)

Modern-day realism in an old-school blazer. Dominik changes the rules of storytelling, while also balancing the human and political angles. Bush and Obama are depicted often as ridiculous figures thanks to their speeches about unity and faith in the stars and stripes in this game dominated by Pitt’s Cogan. The actors are perfect, the message short and sharp. Everything stands on the last few lines. America is not a country, it’s a business. Now fucking pay me. (2013.01.02)

Rebellious to the core, incredibly polished, skillfully directed, with a mature script. The story may be trivial, but the political subtext is harsh and uncompromising, just like the brawls and wide-open violence. After a long time, a gangster film with guts, which knows what it wants to say and literally screams it to the world. (2013.07.06)

Great, great, great! I can’t remember the last time I watched a movie and was 100% enthralled by it, and almost immediately watched it again. A stylistically simple script, a lot of talking (but not too much), a gritty atmosphere, a number of absolutely stunning looking scenes (the fact that most of them are pretty bloody murders doesn't change that this time), Brad Pitt being frightening, unpredictable characters, music (Killing Them Softly doesn't have a classic soundtrack, we only hear songs from the radio) and above all the whole idea of showing the current economic situation of the USA through criminals. The mood of the film reminded me more of something by Jim Jarmusch than the Coen brothers. Andrew Dominik just continues to make me happy. Killing Them Softly gave me in spades what I didn't get from the perfectly awful Drive the other day. (2013.10.07)

When you see a movie with Brad Pitt in it, it's usually a blockbuster. But not every film is the same. Even though it's a collaboration between Brad Pitt and director Andrew Dominik. The movie "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" is definitely worth remembering. But actually, the film "Killing Them Softly" is also a gem. Just don't expect it to be a big Hollywood film, it's more of a smaller-scale showcase of acting, which literally indulges in great bloody effects. Yes, there are few films where a shot to the head looks real, but lately more and more of these films have been appearing. "Killing Them Softly" is a film that handles this perfectly. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/02/killing-them-softly-2012-60.html (2013.03.21)