Michael Fassbender is a first-rate actor. It's always good to see him on screen. But even he can't save this one. I guess the point might be to get us to appreciate the dissonance between The Killer's philosophical voice-overs and the numerous obstacles that he has to overcome to even get close to the position that philosophy outlines, but even as played by Fassbender, with all his charisma, his skill, his sheer sexiness, the guy is such a bore I kept urging the credits to roll. There are a couple of excellent scenes -- a protracted fight between Fassbender's Killer and Sala Baker's Brute; a sort of bravura act-off between Fassbender and Tilda Swinton -- and a couple of notable supporting performances from Kerry O'Malley and Charles Parnell. But on the whole, I felt the whole enterprise was a waste of time, talent and money.
Review of The Killer
