George Clooney plays Jack, a weapon/firearm expert that crafts weapons with his hands. He works with special clients who custom order their weapons. The movie begins in Sweden where we quickly learn that Jack is in a shady business. He is not really an assassin but can become one if the circumstances call for it. Due to the dangerous nature of his job he is paranoid and leads a lonesome life; the movie shows his psychological state very well. From Sweden, he travels to Rome, Italy and gets another assignment from his boss, Pavel (Johan Leysen). The most part of the movie, the 1st and 2nd acts, is about him crafting the weapon, his relation with Father Benedetto and Ingrid (Irina Björklund) an Italian prostitute at a brothel Jack regularly visits in a little Italian town.
I think this is a very well-made movie, despite its slow pace, it shows the character of the hero and builds suspense slowly but maturely, and shows love can bloom in the most unexpected circumstances (I think that was the most positive part of the movie). I only wish that it revealed more about the dark relations of his boss to the clients or how he had foreseen some of the things that were going to happen; I am still not clear on some of the things. But I still enjoyed the movie. Its feel and look reminded me of a Jack Nicholson movie from 1975 titled "The Passenger" even the stories are totally different. If you like more action and suspense, you may want to see "In Bruge", a movie about 2 assassins who are on an assignment in Bruge.
I think this is a very well-made movie, despite its slow pace, it shows the character of the hero and builds suspense slowly but maturely, and shows love can bloom in the most unexpected circumstances (I think that was the most positive part of the movie). I only wish that it revealed more about the dark relations of his boss to the clients or how he had foreseen some of the things that were going to happen; I am still not clear on some of the things. But I still enjoyed the movie. Its feel and look reminded me of a Jack Nicholson movie from 1975 titled "The Passenger" even the stories are totally different. If you like more action and suspense, you may want to see "In Bruge", a movie about 2 assassins who are on an assignment in Bruge.