Review of The American (2010) by Pinattar — 29 Dec 2011

This movie was amazing, I loved it. I had read that it was very slow, lite on dialogue and heavy on atmosphere and that couldn't be more true. the movie was marketed as "George Clooney as Jason Bourne" type movie, which it is not (its the farthest thing for that).

basically its about Clooney in a small Italian village in the alps, hes laying low after someone tried to kill him, and is asked to make a custom gun by his boss, and its his last job and you get the picture.

so we know from the beginning that someone wants to kill him but were (and clooney) not sure who, so were constantly looking over our backs. the tensions grows throughout the movie and (without saying too much) it pays off at the end.

I wouldnt recommend this to everyone (because it is so "slow"), but I think for some people it would be right up their alley (especially if you dont like the fast pace stupid action stuff like "the losers" or something).

I really enjoyed it and it has stayed with me as one of the best movies I watched this summer (i know, I watched pretty late).