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Impressive on the directing and acting side, but hugely disappointing when it comes to writing and story. David Fincher's dependable direction means the film is good at tension building and Michael Fassbender delivers a fantastic performance as a cool and calculating assassin. Unfortunately we're forced to listen to endless monologues from him and this narration quickly got irritating. I was disappointed when the story became a basic vengeance story after the first chapter. The whole thing feels a bit like watching the Hitman video game walkthrough (all these detailed preparation scenes and sneaking around), with some Assassin's Creed-style conversations as the killer chats with his victims. I was drifting off throughout the movie and the ending fell flat completely. The highest point for me was the Florida hand-to-hand fight scene. Just amazing fight choreography and physicality to the whole fight.

A poor imitation of "The Lobster". Some funny observations on what it means to love and I liked the 80s songs, but overall it's uncompelling and unsatisfying. Miserable characters, poor story, unremarkable acting (except maybe Luke Wilson).