The Killer
2023 · Movie · R · 118 min · ★ 6.6 · 79% critics
After a job goes wrong, a contract assassin finds himself clashing with the people who hired him and with his own code. While he insists it’s not personal, the fallout turns into an international manhunt that keeps him moving from place to place.
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-10-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (2,830 votes)
- Box office
- $452,208
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Killer if you want a stylish, quiet-to-tense assassin thriller with heavy internal monologue and chapter-by-chapter momentum; Not for you if you prefer faster, more action-heavy revenge like John Wick: Chapter 2 or Extraction II.
Pros: intense, methodical thriller; strong lead performance; moody narration | Cons: slow pacing; underdeveloped story; repetitive structure
Themes
- sniper
- new york city
- assassin
- airport
- paris, france
- hitman
- new orleans, louisiana
- dark comedy
- client
- product placement
- sociopath
- revenge
- +28 more
Cast & crew
Michael Fassbender
as The Killer
Tilda Swinton
as The Expert
Charles Parnell
as The Lawyer - Hodges
Arliss Howard
as The Client - Claybourne
Kerry O'Malley
as Dolores
Sophie Charlotte
as Magdala
Emiliano Pernia
as Marcus
Gabriel Polanco
as Leo
Sala Baker
as The Brute
Endre Hules
as The Target
Directed by David Fincher