Killshot

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• Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Release Date: 2009-01-23 Phoenix
• Running Time: 84 min.
• Director: John Madden
• Cast: Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Johnny Knoxville, Lois Smith, Don McManus
• Producer: Richard N. Gladstein
• Writer: Elmore Leonard, Christopher McQuarrie, Steve Barancik, Hossein Amini
• Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
• Official Site: Killshot Official Site

This sad, gripping Elmore Leonard tale of dumb criminals and stagnant relationships wrapped years ago and seemed about to bypass theaters entirely until star Mickey Rourke hit the greased rails to Oscartown for his role in The Wrestler. Audiences are the winners right now: The big screen is a wonderfully creepy showcase for the film’s eerie, snow-frosted Detroit-area landscapes and the batshit-violent shenanigans of co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt. As a motormouth adult delinquent who sparks the few uncomfortable laughs Killshot delivers (it’s a lot like Fargo gone ultraserious), Gordon-Levitt insinuates himself as the psycho apprentice to Rourke, who’s downright inscrutable as a half-breed mob hit man scrabbling to keep control as his multiple worlds (none of which he ever belonged in) collapse. Diane Lane and Thomas Jane play an estranged couple whose night-and-day personalities keep them not quite far enough apart for comfort. (She’s neurotic, he’s chill — and in case the ayurvedic implications aren’t clear enough, she sells real estate and he works high steel.) Gosh, will these four misfits get into some scrapes together? Never mind smelling the plot a mile away: This one’s for devotees of character and dialogue. Directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love).