The Killer

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “It is all entertainingly absurd and yet the pure conviction and deadpan focus that Fassbender and Fincher bring to this ballet of anonymous professionalism makes it very enjoyable. And there are moments when the veneer of realism is disquieting.”

  Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian · 100

• “David Fincher’s The Killer is a meticulously crafted and masterfully rendered film about a meticulous and masterful assassin, and with Michael Fassbender in the lead role, you just couldn’t have a better triangle of material, director and actor.”

  Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times · 100

• “This is a perpetrator’s perspective on the business of violence, carried out with notions of professionalism while slowly shaking the sociopath’s sense of self. Michael Fassbender’s unnamed contract killer is as delusional as he is dead-aimed focused; it’s both chilling and humanizing.”

  Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle · 100

• “There is something ever so gently unhinged in this lean, crisp action film that doubles as an arthouse character study.”

  Caspar Salmon, The Daily Beast · 100

• “This is David Fincher’s version of a sitcom: as violently funny as it is hilariously violent.”

  Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) · 95