Revenge film with the gimmick of having the hitman be in later stages of Alzheimers. Extremely good actor in the lead but the two cops pursuing him are flat: they look more like grad students than tough cops.
You've seen all this before but with more style.
The only thing here worthwhile could have been a story of the hitman's relationship with his completely debilitated brother, suffering from the same illness, but the director decided instead to go with a second-rate, trite hitman goes after his bosses crap.
See the "Bourne" series if you want something far better with style.
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Topic - "Memory of a Killer." Rubbish. - tinear 12:33:08 04/17/07 (16)
- Re: "Memory of a Killer." Rubbish. - jamesgarvin 14:52:19 04/17/07 (15)
- "this is not a film about a hitman." Huh? What film did you watch? - tinear 17:00:10 04/17/07 (9)
- Re: "this is not a film about a hitman." Huh? What film did you watch? - jamesgarvin 10:45:40 04/18/07 (8)
- You're the one praising the hero, not the film. He's a creep with Alzheimers. - tinear 16:06:49 04/18/07 (6)
- Re: You're the one praising the hero, not the film. He's a creep with Alzheimers. - jamesgarvin 08:13:57 04/19/07 (5)
- You think they were "real cops?" No, no, no Jimmy. - tinear 16:19:53 04/19/07 (4)
- Re: You think they were "real cops?" No, no, no Jimmy. - jamesgarvin 10:38:44 04/20/07 (3)
- One man's crap is another's cake. Boring, predicatable, with - tinear 14:48:27 04/20/07 (2)
- Re: One man's crap is another's cake. Boring, predicatable, with - jamesgarvin 16:34:45 04/20/07 (1)
- You do mischaracterize, Jimmy. - tinear 05:31:08 04/21/07 (0)
- Huh? Yes, and it could have been a medical documentary. "Could" - tinear 16:03:36 04/18/07 (0)
- He's revenging the girl's killing. You ask for "style" examples in your - tinear 15:20:34 04/17/07 (4)
- Stop inhaling sand... - jamesgarvin 16:25:27 04/17/07 (3)
- Both films feature killers for hire. Both set out to revenge themselves - tinear 16:56:47 04/17/07 (2)
- Re: Both films feature killers for hire. Both set out to revenge themselves - jamesgarvin 10:48:39 04/18/07 (1)
- Compare it to "Memento." Now THAT'S a brilliant film about memory loss. - tinear 16:09:11 04/18/07 (0)