Review of The Killing (1956) by Bob O — 12 Mar 2011
It's a breathlessly paced, early Kubrick, heist-thriller about an elaborate plan to knock-over a racetrack. With stylish camera movements in low-key, smokey black and white and a noirish, jazzy score, Kubrick displayed his innate technical skill to go along with the story's infectious immediacy and sinister cynicism.
No matter how perfectly planned a crime may be, something always can, and will, go wrong. The Killing is like the anti-2001 and to watch the plan unfold at non-linear, bullet-speed has the giddy excitement one might feel while pulling off the perfect "killing" -- or watching a legend be born.
This review of The Killing (1956) was written by Bob O on 12 Mar 2011.
The Killing has generally received very positive reviews.
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