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Plot:
Supposedly based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway. In this film noir, two hitmen want to find out why their latest victim (a race car driver!) "just stood there and took it" when they came to sh...( read more 
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MCT:May 20, 2008A golden oldie with four of the geatest -Lee Marven, Clu Gallagar, Ronald Reagan - this man dented world politics big time and of course, one and only - Angie Dickinson.
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MCT:February 16, 2008
an interesting remake- which is something you don't see that often. did a good job of updating the story, setting and circumstances of the original to 1964.
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MCT:January 24, 2008Some people may give it flack for this or that, but you know what, I love this film. It's a great piece of gangster fare with a nice QT feeling (Don Siegel was good to learn from), Cassavetes is awesome, Clu Gulager is a blast as the child-like asshole, and Lee Marvin and Ronald Reagan staring off? Hell yeah. :D Highly highly suggested for fans of good gritty crime flicks in general.
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MCT:January 5, 2008Charlie Strom: Sylvester, unless you want to renew your partnership with the late Johnny North, I suggest you tell us everything and anything we want to know.
Lee Marvin stars as a seasoned hitman, in a remake of the 1946 film noir of the same title. This story involves the arrival of two hitmen in a location to kill a man. Upon finding him, the man simply lets himself get shot without trying to flee or barter for his life.
Different from the original film, this time, the hitmen themselves decide to find out what this man had been through to make him not care about his own death. The hitmen learn that this man used to be a great race car driver, who ended up turning to crime following an accident.
We learn these aspects of the story through flashbacks, as the two hitmen move around the country trying to find answer, and possibly where a large sum of money ended up.
In these flashbacks, the man in question is played by John Cassavetes. After meeting a dame played by Angie Dickinson, his life goes downhill from its success, as her mysterious nature leads him to crime. Another seedy character is Ronald Reagan in his final acting role, and only villainous role.
This movie is quite good. It stays true to the original film, which is based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway, but it also works as a standalone feature.
Since half the film is told in flashback, it is nice to see how well it is handled, just as in the original film. You get a very good sense on how Cassavetes' character gives into the action at the beginning and feel for him. You also get to see Lee Marvin continuing to be a badass no matter what the situation.
This is a tightly paced film too, for a crime drama. Don Siegel's direction works well combining the darker noir elements of the original, with the sped up action sense of this remake's tone. And there's a cool score from John Williams.
Charlie Strom: He knows me. I had to lean on him once.
Lee: You know 'em all, don't ya?
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MCT:April 27, 2007A brilliant movie, it's opening scenes (the only scenes actually from the Hemmingway short story) is the best in the film, but we quickly forgive it.
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MCT:April 15, 2007
A decent remake. It's funny to see Ronald Reagan as a villian. Lee Marvin is the quintissential badass and Dickinson is smoking hot. Overall it gives the feeling of a vintage made for TV movie. Catch it if you can...
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MCT:April 14, 2007
The Lee Marvin & Clu Gulager half of the movie is amazing. The Ronald Reagen half is pretty as hell.
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MCT:December 22, 2006
Keep in mind there are two versions of this film: the 1946 (B&W) version and the 1964. Normally when someone remakes a film for TV (or any movie for TV) its normally awful, like the horrible remake of Double Indemnity, but this is not the case for the Killers. The 64 version is different but still good. This film has influnce film makers like Quentin Tarantino. Watch the 64 version and then watch Pulp Fiction and one will see a close resemblance of the characters of Vincent and Jules in Pulp Fiction with the main characters in the Killers (1964).
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MCT:December 18, 2006
If you liked 'A History of Violence' check out this film. Violence clearly borrowed from this great film. Ava Gardner is gorgeous and this is Burt Lancaster's first film.
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MCT:November 25, 2006
Very enjoyable remake of the 1946 movie of the same name. Lee Marvin and Clu Gulager are very initmidating as a pair of relentless hitmen out to find out why their latest job took his fate without a fight. The tale unravels through a series of flashbacks as we slowly are shown what led to the hit. John Cassavetes is his usual great self as the doomed race car driver, Angie Dickinson oozes sexuality as the woman we don't know if we can trust, and Ronald Reagan shows us his mean side as the villain. This is the first movie where I saw Reagan act and while he was good, I couldn't get past the fact that he had the exact same hair with a much younger face. Don Siegel shows why he had such a great reputation for directing thrillers as this was stylish but it never deviated from telling the story. Also contains one of the best death scenes I have seen.
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