Killing Them Softly

Fri Nov 30th

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: Andrew Dominik

Writer: Andrew Dominik (screenplay) & George V. Higgins

Starring: Bratt Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Sam Shepard, Garret Dillahunt, Scott McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn

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Killing Them Softly is an Annapurna production. Annapurna is Megan Ellison’s Film production company and she is making big strides in the film world. Ellison was in the spotlight at Cannes with Killing Them Softly as it was in competition for the Palme D’Or.

Frankie (Scott McNairy) and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn), two not-too-bright ex-cons, are hired by John “The Squirrel” Amato to disrupt a high-stakes backroom poker game, rob the players and frame someone else for the job. That someone else is the card game’s manager Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta), who’s suspected of staging a previous poker robbery.

Unfortunately, the game was under the protection of the mob, whose lawyer (Richard Jenkins) is ordered to find those responsible and take care of them. He hires hitman Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) to track down the small-time punks.

Based on the 1974 crime novel Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins.