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The American (2010)
boring!
Well there goes $50 and an evening out of my life that I will never recover.
We went to see this because well, we had seen a lot of the other movies at the theater. Expecting an intrigue filled evening. What we got was an evening of seeing George Clooney stare off into the distance and making love.
I would explain the plot, but then that would mean I could actually follow it. you are never sure why he is trouble with the Swedish, who his boss is, or why he wants out.
The film tries to juxtapose a priest and a hooker as the two inputs in his life, but the priest only really talks to him and the hooker well she does her job... oh yeah, he falls in love with her. I guess that is the main story.
In the end, the action sequences are quick and boring. The assassins sent to kill this pro are armatures at best except for the lady who he working for, who had many opportunities to kill him but waits for a crowed parade? We never find out who his boss is, but he does kill him too.
All of this makes it sound like there is lots of action, but these are over quick and then we revert back to watching Clooney stare into the distance and build the gun.
I think we were 20 min into the movie and I looked at my wife. We stayed because we thought this had to be a build up to something. WRONG. This was the pace of the whole movie.
I cant believe this is at the top of the box office, other than the fact that the trailer sells it as a spy thriller, and the lead actor has shown some talent in the past.
Once word gets out of how bad this movie is. you will see it on DVD very soon.