Reviews

David Fincher's last film, The Killer, which he thought over for 20 years and finally realized as a Netflix production, has been a meticulous work that I started watching with great expectations, but I could not find the classic David Fincher plots, yet I could see the intricacies of perfect cinematic narration at every stage. The nameless killer, the French dark comic anti-hero created by Matz and Jacamon, is embodied in the acting role of Michael Fassbender. I think Fassbender, whom we know from his previous anti-hero roles, was the best choice for the role of the killer, in which David Fincher added a new one to his asocial personalities.

Although we cannot see David Fincher's signature in the form of surprising plots, we can see Fincher's perfection in terms of cinematography. The abundant use of pastel colors, yellowish green and blue supports the dull and emotionless life of the film's antihero. Fincher likes to shoot scenes in dark indoor environments and in the night lights of the city, and we often witness this in this film. The camera follows the film's hero and displays him in distorted close-ups. We see Fassbender's eye enlarged from the other side of the binoculars. Additionally, close-up shots focus attention on these objects by blurring the background. We see the tip of the barrel of the sniper rifle, the killer's working tool, up close, with the background blurred.

The opening credits of the film also contain creative features, like other Fincher films. However, unfortunately, the flow of the movie is not surprising, the events progress as expected and the movie even becomes boring, perhaps because it depicts the life of a hitman, which is not actually very active.

The antihero, the hitman must be orderly, careful and organised. What he does is not personal, he doesn't think anything about the people he kills, he just does his job, he kills for money. It has rules. Throughout the movie, we hear the voice in the killer's head, he repeats his rules, but there are moments when he has difficulty in applying them. Especially as he has to not empathize with his victims. However, it is difficult for the audience to identify with the killer because he is, after all, a cold-blooded killer. He tries to justify himself. 1.8 people die every second in the world and its contribution is like a drop in the ocean.

The whole movie continues with Fassbender's excellent acting, the main character's philosophical conversations and his journey between France, the Dominican Republic and the USA for revenge. This film is not a masterpiece, nor will it satisfy the action-packed Hitman character enthusiasts, but with David Fincher's meticulous, detailed work and the wonderful use of light, colors and cameras, the film will definitely take its place among the well-made films in the cinema world.

Such a cleverly written screenplay and wonderful acting of Leonardo di Caprio which has reached to the expertise now. I have laughed very much at the satire on people's mania of social media and stupidity about the serious problems of nature which may bring the end of humanity. Hats off to Netlix for this well-made production.

I will evaluate the film, not the terrible history which was depicted in this film and made us to learn another dark side of WWII and genocides. The script could not go beyond just showing the massacres and tortures against the Serbs and Jews by Croats (even Nazi officer could not stand what Croats did), it could not wrap up the subject, there is no definite cause-effect relationship. The characters are floating in the air, so some good actors go unnoticed in the fog. Some characters are exaggerated and lack depth. Is the aim to show how much the Croats tortured the Serbs, or to show how bad the war, racism, genocide is? Unfortunately, the film loses its objectivity and credibility as it chooses to do the first. The main character, Dara, cannot be the main character either, as the script lacks depth and cannot focus on Dara. The movie just goes on with the bloody torture scenes, there is no story. The reason I gave it a relatively good rating is because I appreciated the cinematographer and some of the actors. Also I thank you for shedding light on this unknown event in history in any case.

Such a pure, natural and objective film, it's like documentary. Such a great success to direct 4-5 children who act wonderful or maybe live in that real world. Some scenes are too long and sometimes you ask logic, but you should ask what if. In such a big metropolis nobody knows who is in a big trouble. We are sooo alone. Congrats to who made this film to draw our attention to the losers of the society, maybe we are the next one, who knows.

I didn't know this was a remake of a Danish film. Now I understand why so many things seem shallow. None of the film crew internalize the story, hence could not make the audience believe. My five points are for the sake of good acting of Julianne Moore and nice photography. The film was really boring.

As a biographic film this was shot very good wuth every aspects. Actors and actresses are very successful, story was told well, as a person who witnessed such tragedy and cruelty. Yes, the film was a bit fanatic about nationality, but we cannot see assimilation as a normal act. At that time the world did not know and care to know about these atrocities.

I don't know any other film which depicts love and passion more beautiful than this whether it may be between two men or a man and woman. Such a good picture showing love knows no boundaries. Thumbs-up.