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The American (2010)

September. 01,2010
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6.3
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R
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Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.

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Cebalord
2010/09/01

Very best movie i ever watch

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WasAnnon
2010/09/02

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

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VeteranLight
2010/09/03

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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Fatma Suarez
2010/09/04

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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charlesadamek
2010/09/05

How do you take a movie that has gorgeous scenery, explicit erotica, many murders, chases and betrayals, and STILL end up with 2 hours of boredom? Takes a master film maker to pull that off. First, the plot, such as it is, is inferential and inconsistent, and depends on ridiculous coincidences. But if you like excruciatingly long scenes of people brooding for no apparent reason, this is the movie for you. The hero just happens to be given all the parts and equipment he needs to construct a specific type of assassin rife. Now isn't that convenient? And how did all the heavy machinery equipment get moved to his apartment, or we to believe that all those long manufacturing sequences took place in an auto mechanic's garage? And no one came in to see what he was up to? And where did he acquire the ammunition? The closer you look at this movie, the more unbelievable it becomes. Three stars mostly because of the amazing Italian scenery and for Clooney trying to make something out of nothing. Nice try, but fail

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My-Two-Cent
2010/09/06

I am a huge George Clooney fan and have enjoyed just about everything he's done but my God this film is horrendously bad.. The scenes of him being chased and the clip clop of his Florsheims pounding the pavement was laughable at first but grew to becoming almost annoying as the film was.. I'd pass on watching it but that's just MyTwoCent..!

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masterblaster1975
2010/09/07

An assassin wants to quit. I expected a slow build up and frantic development. I got a frantic beginning and a slowly paced drama. The assassin is dead inside and starts to live again because of a woman. A priest nudges his thoughts. Unusual pacing and hardly any action.

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Mark T.
2010/09/08

The American is a taut, minimalist thriller reminiscent of Le Samourai (1967). The life of an assassin is a lonely one, filled with personal rules to survive through the line of work. Much like the technical thought in building his customized weapon, the film itself is stripped down to a stark realism, and the soundtrack is mostly filled with a large void of ambient noise and silence.This might be surprising to some, but The American's plot structure and themes are extremely similar to the much more popular Drive. Released almost exactly a year before Drive (both had a September opening), The American follows a similar lonesome working professional who finds love. Note how both Clooney's "Jack" and Gosling's "Driver" rely on the bare minimum to live. A table, his tools and craft are all he needs to get him through the day. Both movies contain minimal dialogue, and what is spoken is pretty much straight to the point.There are some differences in the main characters. Jack is more about constant suspicion to survive the risks in his profession, whereas the Driver has more loyalty to those around him despite their untrustworthy character. Both main characters commit acts of violence, but the Driver's are more grisly and one of Jack's isn't justifiable. Drive is treated with a romantic glossiness, blaring catchy 80s inspired music and staging beautiful dramatic slow motion set pieces. The American has a colder approach, with realistic short action sequences, more brooding and visualized nuance. Most would prefer Drive, which in its own respect is a solid film, but watching The American is at the very least a comparable piece that differs in presentation and approach.

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