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Killshot

  • 20082008
  • RR
  • 1h 35m
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6.0/10
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Diane Lane and Mickey Rourke in 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.
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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 targete... Read allBeautiful 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 ... Read allBeautiful 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.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
21K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,743
1,247
    • John Madden
    • Hossein Amini(screenplay)
    • Elmore Leonard(novel)
  • Stars
    • Thomas Jane
    • Diane Lane
    • Mickey Rourke
    • John Madden
    • Hossein Amini(screenplay)
    • Elmore Leonard(novel)
  • Stars
    • Thomas Jane
    • Diane Lane
    • Mickey Rourke
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    • 76User reviews
    • 79Critic reviews
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    Diane Lane in Killshot (2008)
    Mickey Rourke and Thomas Jane in Killshot (2008)
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    Diane Lane and Mickey Rourke in Killshot (2008)
    Diane Lane and Mickey Rourke in Killshot (2008)
    Diane Lane and Mickey Rourke in Killshot (2008)
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    Thomas Jane
    Thomas Jane
    • Wayne Colson
    Diane Lane
    Diane Lane
    • Carmen
    Mickey Rourke
    Mickey Rourke
    • Blackbird
    Brandon McGibbon
    Brandon McGibbon
    • Blackbird's Kid Brother
    Peter Kelly Gaudreault
    • Blackbird's Brother
    Michelle Arvizu
    Michelle Arvizu
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    Richard Zeppieri
    Richard Zeppieri
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    Hal Holbrook
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    Craig Blair
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    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Richie
    Lynne Deragon
    • Mrs. Palino
    Rosario Dawson
    Rosario Dawson
    • Donna
    Hazel Desjarlais
    • Old Woman, Walpole Island
    Aldred Montoya
    • Lionel
    • (as Aldred Wesley Montoya)
    Don McManus
    Don McManus
    • Nelson Davies
      • John Madden
      • Hossein Amini(screenplay)
      • Elmore Leonard(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Originally set up in 2002 with Tony Scott directing, Robert De Niro playing Amand Degas, and Quentin Tarantino playing Richie Nix.
    • Goofs
      After Richie Nix's shooting rampage in the gas station, a close up reveals that his shotgun is an obvious cheap plastic replica.
    • Quotes

      Richie Nix: I read about this guy once who weighed 1200 pounds. Can you believe that? For breakfast he'd have like 2 pounds of bacon, a dozen eggs, some rolls. Then for lunch he'd have 4 hamburgers, 4 double cheeseburgers, 8 boxes of fries. For dinner: 3 ham steaks, 6 sweet potatoes, 6 or 7 regular potatoes, some stuffing.

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    Rosario Dawson Week: Day 5

    John Madden's Killshot went through the ninth ring of production hell before it was finally released in 07 or so, after like three years of gathering dust on the shelf. The resulting film didn't win anyone over who waited all that time with baited breath, because you can see the cuts, chops and gaps in story where it's been muddled around with, no doubt by the fuckwit studio. I still love it, flaws and all. Based on an Elmore Leonard tale (you can never go wrong with his work, it's a sombre tale of psychopaths, assassins and one hapless estranged couple (Thomas Jane & Diane Lane) caught in between. When legendary native American hit-man Arman 'The Blackbird' Degas (Mickey Rourke) botches a job for the Toronto mafia, he's forced on the run, and hides out with aimless young lunatic criminal Ritchie Nix (Joseph Gordon Levitt), who somewhat reminds him of a litte brother he lost years before. Rourke pulls off the native angle quite well, and shows vague glimpses of a humanity that was once there and has long since been buried in violence. When Jane and Lane accidentally witness him murder someone, he won't let it go, pursuing them beyond rationality or reason, even to his own end. Levitt never gets to play the wild card, and he rocks his redneck sociopath brat role with scary aplomb. Rosario Dawson has an odd appearance as Ritchie's girlfriend, an elvis fan who is seemingly a little bit challenged upstairs. Watch for a cameo from Hal Holbrook as a crusty old mobster too. You'll just have to imagine the federal agent character played by Johnny Knoxville though, because he never made it into the film and can now only be seen in ages old trailers that were a false start. Despite it's issues, I find it to be an atmospheric little pulp outing that does have the classic Leonard feel, a hard bitten, cold-hearted turn from Rourke that's one of his best characters in recent years, and a mean, unforgiving narrative set in picturesque northern Canada. Give it a shot, it deserves way more love than its received so far.
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    • Release date
      • November 13, 2008 (Israel)
      • United States
      • Official site (United States)
      • English
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      • Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Weinstein Company
      • FilmColony
      • Lawrence Bender Productions
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
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