Due out in the US next weekend, in the height of the Oscar season, Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly promises to be one of the year’s best films.
Led by Brad Pitt, the film was released here in the UK back in September – you can read our review here – and The Weinstein Company decided to push its US release back, presumably to give it a more prominent position for a coming campaign.
We saw a new US TV spot for the film last week, and now IGN have released a new trailer, giving another great look at the film.
“When their poker game is knocked off by petty thieves, the Mob calls in their best enforcer, Jackie Cogan, to make things right. Under the eye of a mysterious driver, Jackie must track down and punish those responsible for the heist. His assignment is complicated by those he comes up against along the way – an aging, drunken hit man, some bumbling local gangsters, and the ladies’ man who ran the ill-fated game.”
Starring alongside Pitt is one of the strongest casts of the year, headed up by Scoot McNairy, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Jenkins, Sam Shepard, and Slaine.
Previously titled Cogan’s Trade, Dominik is directing from his own script, having adapted the original novel, Cogan’s Trade, by George V. Higgins.
Killing Them Softly will be released in the US next Friday, 30th November, and is due out on DVD/Blu-ray in the UK next February. If you’re reading this in the US, next weekend definitely deserves to have a slot kept open to see this film.
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