Focus Features put out their action/drama movie named "The American" into theaters. I recently checked it out,and I think it delivered more drama than action to the table. Although,it did display some action scenes, they didn't make up the brunt of this film. It stars: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten,and Paolo Bonacelli.
The flick centered around character Jack/Edward (Clooney) who is a hired murderer that retreats to Italy after a job in Sweden ends badly. His boss tells him to go there and wait around for further instructions. Shortly after Jack arrives in Italy, he sort of befriends a priest. Then eventually assumes another assignment to put together a complex gun for a beautiful,mysterious person named Mathilde (Reuten).
The movie precedes to mostly show how he puts together the complex weapon,which was pretty interesting to view. Jack also creates an intimate relationship with a beautiful prostitute named Clara (Violante Placido). It's just business initially,but then she eventually wants to start a relationship with him,and they grow very close. In the meantime, Jack has to always watch his back as the Swedes have located him,and are trying to kill him.
"The American" contained some terrific action scenes involving Jack hunting down an assassin on a motor scooter,taking part in a shootout from the very start of the film. However, the action scenes were pretty rare. It capped off with a nice,suspenseful twist.
Although there wasn't nearly as much action as I originally thought there would be, it was still a very interesting film to view because the plot was fairly unique and George Clooney did a solid job. It also had some very nice nude scenes,and that always helps.
When the action did occur,it put me on the edge of my seat with the suspense it brought. I gave this film a B rating because I was hoping to see far more than it showed,but it was still good.
The flick centered around character Jack/Edward (Clooney) who is a hired murderer that retreats to Italy after a job in Sweden ends badly. His boss tells him to go there and wait around for further instructions. Shortly after Jack arrives in Italy, he sort of befriends a priest. Then eventually assumes another assignment to put together a complex gun for a beautiful,mysterious person named Mathilde (Reuten).
The movie precedes to mostly show how he puts together the complex weapon,which was pretty interesting to view. Jack also creates an intimate relationship with a beautiful prostitute named Clara (Violante Placido). It's just business initially,but then she eventually wants to start a relationship with him,and they grow very close. In the meantime, Jack has to always watch his back as the Swedes have located him,and are trying to kill him.
"The American" contained some terrific action scenes involving Jack hunting down an assassin on a motor scooter,taking part in a shootout from the very start of the film. However, the action scenes were pretty rare. It capped off with a nice,suspenseful twist.
Although there wasn't nearly as much action as I originally thought there would be, it was still a very interesting film to view because the plot was fairly unique and George Clooney did a solid job. It also had some very nice nude scenes,and that always helps.
When the action did occur,it put me on the edge of my seat with the suspense it brought. I gave this film a B rating because I was hoping to see far more than it showed,but it was still good.
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