The Killer (2023)

	Directed by: David Fincher	COUNTRY USA GENRE Action/Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE The Killer RUNNING TIME 118 minutes
	Produced by: William Doyle Peter Mavromates Ceán Chaffin
	Written by (based on "The Killer" by Alexis "Matz" Nolent): Andrew Kevin Walker

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
The Killer	Michael Fassbender
The Expert	Tilda Swinton
The Lawyer	Charles Parnell
The Client	Arliss Howard
Dolores	Kerry O'Malley
Magdala	Sophie Charlotte	-
Marcus	Emiliano Pernía	-
The Brute	Sala Baker	-
The Dominatrix	Monique Ganderton	-

Review

Patrick Bateman meets Léon and an extra injection of everyday philosophy in this rather enjoyable crime thriller from the good old team of director David Fincher and writer Andrew Kevin Walker (Seven). An invested Michael Fassbender plays "The Killer", an expert assassin whose perfect track record has made him a self-professed master of the art. At least up until now. As he prepares patiently for his next assignment, he offers his often pessimistic, always cynical meanderings on life, based on everything from methodology and statistics to poetry and the triviality of death. It's quite soothing to let Fincher chaperon you into this in many ways dull, high-stakes world. He brings his trademark Fincherian underworldly tension and fascination with transgression, which makes me willing to overlook those requisite cheap-looking Netflix production values. For quite some time The Killer looks capable of becoming something unique, perhaps even a new career-high for Fincher. Unfortunately, the script ultimately isn't able to venture into more creative territory than your typical revenge plot and chasing-down of increasingly more boss-like baddies, but luckily Fincher offers bits and pieces of inventiveness and excitement along the trodden path. The best example of the latter may well be Tilda Swinton's one-scene cameo, in which she engages in a great little duel of wits and powers with our man Fassbender.