The Assassin Next Door
2009 · Movie · R · 102 min · ★ 5.5 · 36% critics
In a run-down apartment building, two women living across the hall struggle under dangerous control—one trapped in criminal work, the other in an abusive marriage. As pressures mount and their hopes for escape collide, they quietly join forces and plan a risky bid for survival and freedom.
Also known as Walls · A Female Assassin
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Details
- Original title
- קירות
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-12-03
- Language
- HE
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 36/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (84 votes)
- Budget
- $3,000,000
About
You may like this if you want a gritty, tense story about two neighbors pushing back against control and danger; Not for you if you avoid abuse themes or bleak crime drama like Seeking Justice or The Operative.
Pros: tense survival stakes; strong female leads; gritty urban setting | Cons: heavy subject matter; bleak tone; violence and abuse
Themes
- assassin
- prostitute
- sex trafficking
Cast & crew
Olga Kurylenko
as Galia
Ninet Tayeb
as Elinor
Vladimir Friedman
as Mishka
Zohar Shtrauss
as Elinor's Husband
Liron Levo
as Roni
Shalom Michaelshvili
as Michael
Henry David
as Peter
- ER
Ester Rada
as Barbie
- LH
Lior Habra
as Barbie's Friend
Roy Assaf
as Sassi
Directed by Danny Lerner