Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Ron Perlman | ... | Asher | |
Famke Janssen | ... | Sophie | |
Jacqueline Bisset | ... | Dora | |
Marta Milans | ... | Marina | |
Guy Burnet | ... | Lyor | |
Ned Eisenberg | ... | Abram | |
David Wohl | ... | Dr. Green | |
Peter Facinelli | ... | Uziel | |
Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Avi | |
Blake Perlman | ... | Hannah | |
Joseph Siprut | ... | Craig | |
Micah Hauptman | ... | Reuben | |
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Hannah Viederman | ... | Chia Girl |
Alton Fitzgerald White | ... | Berenger | |
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Henry Yuk | ... | Khan |
Asher (Ron Perlman) is a contract killer who's spent the better part of his life ending other lives, taking orders from Avi (Richard Dreyfuss). He lives a lonely existence, making friends out of fine wine and good food, resenting his apprentice, Uzi (Peter Facinelli), who's taking jobs from him due to youth. When Avi hands Asher three contracts for a revenge scheme, the hitman takes the job, only to lose consciousness due to health issues, making accidental contact with Sophie (Famke Janssen), a ballet teacher distraught over mother Dora (Jacqueline Bisset), who's losing her battle with dementia. Asher and Sophie make a connection, embarking on a tentative courtship where the murderer can't share anything about his life. As the pair work out their flirtations, Asher is forced to pair with Uzi on a group hit, and when that goes bad for a moment, the veteran soon becomes marked for death, threatening all the good that's come into his world. Written by blu-ray.com
It was good to see such great performances from Ron Perlman and Famke Janssen, but Richard Dreyfuss was about as convincing as his fake accent. The directing was right on point, as was the score. But the writing from amateur Jay Zaretsky is what killed this film. This was only his 2nd (first being a short) writing attempt, and although the story premise in itself was decent, the screenplay was terrible. This film needed a seasoned screenwriter to edit/cut out and speed up the overly slow paced and too long 117 min length down to 80-90 mins, as well as fix some of the poor dialogue. Had this film been played at 1.2x faster speed, it may have held my attention better. The entire last 15-20 mins only needed to be 5 min. Great to see Ron Perlman back on the big screen, need to see more of him in these type of roles, and hopefully we will. It's a 7/10 from me - would have been 8 or 9/10 had the screenplay been edited down and tighter.