Film Preview: Killing Them Softly

Directed by Andrew Dominik (Chopper and The Assassination of Jesse James) working with the 1974 novel by George V. Higgins called Cogan's Trade. The cast brings together Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and James Galdofini to name a few which ends up looking like all the iconic mobsters from the world of TV and cinema together minus Joe Pesci. It was filmed in and around Louisiana.

Brad Pitt plays professional enforcer Jackie Cogan who investigates a heist on a high stakes poker game involving the local mob with Gandolfini playing an alcoholic over the hill assassin. All the characters are remarkably foul-mouthed and opinionated especially when the bullets start to fly. The film looks quite grey and bleak throughout with a lot of the bolder colours removed to give it a slightly depressing look but is muted to be a lot more thought provoking than you might expect.

Killing Them Softly is released in the UK on 21st September 2012 and the trailer is embedded below: