On Wednesday in The Cave, Claypool Jones reviews the movie The American, starring George Clooney. Here’s an excerpt:
My main issue with this film is that, from all external promotion and advertising, it is billed as a suspense/thriller. It is, on the other hand, an artsy piece of crap about the internal struggle of an aging assassin, and is therefore incredibly boring. There are many opportunities for interesting progressions within the script, but nothing will drag Corbijn away from his tawdry character study, not even coherent storylines or interesting dialogue. In fact, the set up for the prostitute murders or the assassination attempt by Mathilde are set up so well that when the credits roll, the viewer is left wondering why the hell they even brought those storylines up. They have absolutely nothing to do with what happens in the movie!
To read the rest of the review, check in Wednesday morning for The Cave!