Focus Features put out their action/drama movie named "The American" into theaters. I recently checked it out,and I think it delivered more drama than action to the table. Although,it did display some action scenes, they didn't make up the brunt of this film. It stars: George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten,and Paolo Bonacelli.
The flick centered around character Jack/Edward (Clooney) who is a hired murderer that retreats to Italy after a job in Sweden ends badly. His boss tells him to go there and wait around for further instructions. Shortly after Jack arrives in Italy, he sort of befriends a priest. Then eventually assumes another assignment to put together a complex gun for a beautiful,mysterious person named Mathilde (Reuten).
The flick goes on to mostly show how he builds the complex weapon,which was pretty interesting to view. Jack also creates a romantic relationship with a beautiful call girl named Clara (Violante Placido). It's just business at the start,but then she eventually wants to start a relationship with him,and the two grow very close. Meanwhile, Jack has to always watch his back since the Swedes have located him,and are trying to kill him.
The movie contained some very nice action scenes including Jack chasing after an assassin on a motor scooter,and getting involved in a shootout from the outset of the film. However, the action scenes were pretty rare. It capped off with an excellent,suspenseful twist.
Even though there wasn't the maximum amount of action as I originally thought there would be, it was still a very interesting film to see because the storyline was considerably unique and George Clooney did a really good job. It also had some terrific nude scenes,and that always helps.
When the action did come about,it had me on the edge of my seat with the suspense it brought. I gave "The American" a B score because I was looking to see far more than it showed,but it was still good.
The flick centered around character Jack/Edward (Clooney) who is a hired murderer that retreats to Italy after a job in Sweden ends badly. His boss tells him to go there and wait around for further instructions. Shortly after Jack arrives in Italy, he sort of befriends a priest. Then eventually assumes another assignment to put together a complex gun for a beautiful,mysterious person named Mathilde (Reuten).
The flick goes on to mostly show how he builds the complex weapon,which was pretty interesting to view. Jack also creates a romantic relationship with a beautiful call girl named Clara (Violante Placido). It's just business at the start,but then she eventually wants to start a relationship with him,and the two grow very close. Meanwhile, Jack has to always watch his back since the Swedes have located him,and are trying to kill him.
The movie contained some very nice action scenes including Jack chasing after an assassin on a motor scooter,and getting involved in a shootout from the outset of the film. However, the action scenes were pretty rare. It capped off with an excellent,suspenseful twist.
Even though there wasn't the maximum amount of action as I originally thought there would be, it was still a very interesting film to see because the storyline was considerably unique and George Clooney did a really good job. It also had some terrific nude scenes,and that always helps.
When the action did come about,it had me on the edge of my seat with the suspense it brought. I gave "The American" a B score because I was looking to see far more than it showed,but it was still good.
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