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First impressions of David Fincher's The Killer, and the end of a bargain-movie era

First impressions of David Fincher's The Killer, and the end of a bargain-movie era

The "Fight Club" director's craftsmanship remains strong, his action kinetic, his work with actors remarkable. But in this misfire, he doesn't have a story worth telling.

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Jeffrey Overstreet
Oct 28, 2023
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Director David Fincher’s new feature film for Netflix, The Killer — the episodic story of a doggedly professional assassin whose discipline begins to disintegrate under pressure — is as cold as a flight of whiskeys without any of the fun of a lingering buzz.

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