Every now and then Hollywood manages to serve up an offering that can be otherwise described as boring and long-winded, yet is technically sound and a treat from a movie making point of view. Killing them softly is precisely such an offering
From a story and plot development point of view, the movie doesn’t even come close. You can be excused for more than a few yawns in the roughly 90 minutes you spend in watching it and you may end up coming out pretty unsatisfied. However, if you look solely at the way its been made - camerawork, editing and direction then you’d realize why this movie would receive high critical acclaim.
There’s no explosive action and yet the movie makes brutal impact in some scenes without making too much noise about it. For the most part there’s a lot of conversation which tells the viewer what’s really happening and since you are meant to understand it all through these scenes alone, amidst all the black humour of the conversation, it means that these scenes are long drawn out. Sure the film takes worthy potshots at the American capitalism system but you are just too wearied to figure it all out
In terms of performances, well, there’s top notch delivery by each and every one of a strong cast of characters with Brad Pitt leading from the front. There’s also a lovely blend-in of various soundtracks featuring a lot of reggae music that are pleasant melodies in unpleasant scenes
For me, though, I was looking for more than just that, so Killing Them Softly failed to make its mark. However, I would still say its all a matter of what kind of movie fare is your cup of tea and if you find such movies fascinating and worth spending time for well, then Killing Them Softly might well manage to hit you hard
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