Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker
Having been 'away' for some time professional killer Frankie Bono returns to New York to do another job: assassinate some mid-level mobster. Although intending to avoid unnecessary 'contact' while car...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 15, 2008
Stats: 137 reviews
A hired killer takes us for a stroll through Manhattan's wet pavement, along with his misanthropic thoughts, and especially directed feelings of utter disgust and hatred for his new target; like he was some kind of a grown up Holden Caulfield.
The film, like everybody points out...( read more)
tough film to rate. some of the acting is poor and the voiceover is mostly annoying and unnecessary. also the 'music' in the jazz club scene is like comic relief. still i'm not sorry i watched it. it's nicely shot and kind of existential. worth seeing for fans of film noir a...( read more)
Admittedly Blast of Silence has some embarrassing aspects to it. The jazz club scene alone should've send this movie into obscurity. Throw the poorly delivered and mostly nonsensical narration and theoretically you've got a recipe for some grade-A crap. But Allen Baron's directio...( read more)
a complete disappointment. how'd this get released on criterion? the narration was probably the worst part about it. it adds almost nothing to the characters or story. even pointing out at one point that the protagonist is "remembering." really...?! just obnoxious and unneeded. s...( read more)
A good film with great on location filming in New York City. It's a good story with great narration and highly inventive shots. The only problem with the film is the acting and tacked on love story. There is one exception with the acting and that's Larry Tucker,his character Big ...( read more)
I thought the jazz club scene actually helped you understand his growing annoyance/frustration/isolation/change of heart.
Frankie Bono is a professional killer who goes to New York over the holidays to make another buck on some saps life. He runs into some old friends and an old love interest and becomes distracted from his job. He is a confused, angry man who eventually gets killed in the end.
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If your a noir fan you will love this. It's a verry diffrent perspective than any of the noirs I have seen. It lost half a star for the ending, which I felt could have been more. This film suckek me in right from the begining and kept me there. It just flew by for me. You can jus...( read more)
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