Andrew Dominik,
who sent Brad Pitt to the peak of his career with The Assasination of Jesse
James by the coward Robert Ford, one of my favourite films of 2007, reteams
with the actor in Killing Them Softly. He’s also managed to rope in James
Gandolfini of The Sopranos, Richard Jenkins of The Visitor, Ray Liotta of
Goodfellas and cast them in what appears to be a crime thriller. Tell me it’s
not an irresistible combination. Take into account that the film, not only
screened at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival but was even nominated for a Palme d’Or.
It has just everything going for it. And I was going to be seeing it two months
before the Rottentomatoes consensus was up. I was excited at this rare
opportunity.
