Anton Corbijn is a photographer first and foremost and you can see his passion in this film. It is beautifully shot despite its violence. As the movie starts American assassin for hire Jack (George Clooney) has a job end badly in Sweden. He vows to his handler Pavel (Yohan Leysen) that his next job will be his last. Pavel sends him to the Italian countryside where he skillfully builds a gun and bullets to be used by Mathilde (Thekla Reuten) on an unspecified target. While there he befriends Father Benedetto (Paolo Bonacelli) and falls in love with Clara (Violante Placido) and begins to self-reflect on the life he's lead. The American is a beautifully studied film, in many respects a very quite film which makes the violence that more meaningful.
At its core is the story of a man destined for hell who finds salvation in the strangest of places and well worth my rating of 9 out of 10.
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