Review of Killshot (2008) by Jeremy P — 04 Jun 2009

Well I can see how this wouldn't have had much success in theaters, except possibly a post-The Wrestler boost due to Rourke. Of course though it was filmed long before The Wrestler. But I liked it.

There are some sequences that don't work, yes, and the dvd box really blows things out of proportion. I like how resourceful the "victims" of Lane and Jane turn out to be, even early in the movie.

I liked the criminals played by Rourke and Gordon-Levitt, a very unlikely pairing who keep reminding the audience (without shouting it out to themselves) that they are only together out of necessity. Rourke is a nice guy if you look past his belief in always killing any witness.

Gordon-Levitt is young and dumb and ruthless, but shows flashes of being a talented criminal at times. Knoxville is not in this movie at all -- I believe his character was hated by test audiences, so they cut him out of the film.