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Killshot (2008) -- A botched scam sends an old-school hitman (Rourke) and a young stick-up kid (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) on a mission to find and kill an innocent couple (Jane and Lane) in order to protect their identities.
Killshot (2008) -- A woman and her husband become the targets of ruthless hitmen
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Hossein Amini (screenplay)
Elmore Leonard (novel)
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Release Date:
13 November 2008 (Israel) more
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Tagline:
Yesterday she was a witness. Today she's a target. more
Plot:
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer. The ensuing struggle will test Carmen to the limit. full summary | add synopsis
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Clumsy at moments but still good more (35 total)

Cast

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Mickey Rourke ... Armand 'The Blackbird' Degas
Brandon McGibbon ... Blackbird's Kid Brother
Peter Kelly Gaudreault ... Blackbird's Brother
Michelle Arvizu ... Nurse
Richard Zeppieri ... Son-in-Law / Mafia Boss
Alexis Butler ... Girl in Hotel Room
Hal Holbrook ... Papa

Diane Lane ... Carmen Colson
Robert Gow ... Prospective Buyer #1
Catherine Hayos ... Prospective Buyer #2

Thomas Jane ... Wayne Colson
Craig Blair ... Construction Site Foreman

Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... Richie Nix
Lynne Deragon ... Mrs. Palino

Rosario Dawson ... Donna
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity.
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95 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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The script had uncredited rewrites by late producer/directors Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Armand puts a .45 pistol to Richie Nix's head in the car when they first meet, the distinct sound of a hammer cocking is inserted but the hammer is obviously disengaged. more
Quotes:
[towards end of film]
Wayne Colson: Look, honey, just hear me out. I drove 400 miles. And 15 years to think about this. And a lot about what you've said lately. You're right, five's not a good number. It's terrible. So let's try six. And if we can make it to six, then we can try for seven.
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Doin' The Best I Can more

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Wasn't Johnny Knoxville supposed to be in the film?
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16 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Clumsy at moments but still good, 27 March 2009
7/10
Author: John Smith from New York

'Killshot' surprised me with its decent story, not totally original but still very refreshing comparing to those usual action flick stories that can just bore u to death. 'Killshot' is almost nothing like that, you don't quite know what will happen next or how it will end. Mickey Rourke makes good, rock solid appearance and acting is on high level.

'Killshot' is far from being perfect though, it has clumsy and sloppy parts where it feels dumb and unrealistic. But if you're not bugged with that too much then you're gonna enjoy it like me or even more. All in all, you definitely wont feel like you wasted your time after seeing it.

7/10

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt was not bad at all in this! StogeBuyerMike
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Horrible rajeshkgupta
JGL was so annoying that I loved his performance. Indie_Film
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