Starring Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Scoot McNairy, Richard Jenkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Ray Liotta, Vincent Curatola, Sam Shepard and Max Casella.Directed by Andrew Dominik.
★★
There's a really good mob movie buried in here. Buried under all the talking. This is a very talkie mob movie, where conversations go a couple minute longer than they should. We watch, interested, but by the time a few scenes end, it's a conscious decision to re-engage with the movie. And since the movie's only 90 minutes long, it's amazing how draggy the movie can be.
It centers on a high-stakes poker game, which two losers decide to rob. The blame can be pinned on the runner of the game (Ray Liotta), but when hitman Cogan (Brad Pitt) comes to town, he's a little smarter about things.
Some of the best conversations happen between Pitt and Richard Jenkins. And I should mention that all the actors embody their roles well. There are spurts of action here and there, and if the dialogue was QT-esque crackling, maybe I wouldn't have minded. Pitt's final monologue is great.
Sidenote: This features three Sopranos alum but none of them are ever on-screen at the same time.
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