Killers

Year: 1964

Grade: C+

Country: USA

Director: Siegel

Review

the 1946 version wasn’t amazing, but it was better than this one. i did like lee marvin’s character, but he and angie dickinson were the only ones with decent characters. ronald reagan turns in the second worst performance of his career (the first worst being the job he held from 1981-1989) and norman fell and john cassavetes didn’t impress me much at all. this 1964 version abandons the noir style and goes for a 60s heist/action film. and, as a result, i think lessens the power of the original story. we have to remember that it was written as a noir and begins with the protagonist allowing himself to be killed. the rest of the film is spent trying to figure out why he may have been so complacent. it’s a good film, just not as good as the original.