Storyline
Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
Directors
Cast
Violante Placido, George Clooney, Björn Granath, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Irina Björklund, Anna Foglietta, Lars Hjelm, Silvana Bosi, Guido Palliggiano, Giorgio Gobbi, Samuel Vauramo, Antonio Rampino, Filippo Timi, Isabelle Adriani, Ilaria Cramerotti, Angelica Novak, Sandro Dori, Raffaele Serao
Trailer
Reviews
100
Here is a gripping film with the focus of a Japanese drama, an impenetrable character to equal Alain Delon's in "Le Samourai," by Jean-Pierre Melville.
80
The American, a movie as coiled as a snake and as still as a sleepy villa, is the rare grownup thriller that knows the link between peace and danger and the tension that comes from both.
75
Orlando Sentinel
Crisp, compact and cryptic, The American is a standard-issue hit-man thriller tailor made for George Clooney.
75
Corbijn makes the familiar strange, focusing on details other filmmakers would gloss over.
63
The movie is a paradox. It's ostentatiously restrained. You cannot say Corbijn lacks rigor. You can, however, say that when a talented director's approach too precisely mirrors the tightly calibrated performance strategy of his leading player, a movie risks stalling out completely.
