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Robert Rath (Stallone), a professional hit-man, is starting to get tired of his job. He start to plan his retirement (note: not to confuse with his own death) but on a job another hit-man shoots the mark before Rath do. This newcomer has different tactics than Rath, he has no regard for innocent bystanders. Stallone takes up the hunt, and finally catch up with the hit-man named Miguel Bain (Banderas). They find themselves in a stalemate and Bain gets away when the police involves itself. Rath's next assignment is a unknown "ghost" who sells secret information to some Dutch men. All are to be eliminated. Once again both Rath and Bain finds themselves on the same assignment. But while Bain eliminates the Dutch men, Rath tracks down the ghost, a woman by the name Electra (Moore). But he doesn't kill her, and a strange relationship start to evolve. His employer doesn't get happy and Bain is sent to really retire Rath.
It is an interesting plot with some really interesting scenes. In a movie where much of the killing is done by silenced long-range shots, the two adversaries Rath and Bain, often finds themselves close together, in a situation where violence is impossible. The confrontation is then more verbal, and I got a deeper understanding of the conflict than if they just were to shoot at each other. I think that made the movie both a little different from others and better. Of course there are enough scenes with shooting and explosions and so forth as well. The cast is good, Stallone is typical Stallone, maybe a little stiff. Moore is good as well but best of the three is Banderas as Bain. The plot, interesting as it is, is not really good at twists and turns though. There are some, but unfortunately a little to much advertised in the movie. What I guess was intended as a surprise wasn't surprising. But it is still an entertaining movie with a little different aspect.
6/10
Robert Rath (Stallone), a professional hit-man, is starting to get tired of his job. He start to plan his retirement (note: not to confuse with his own death) but on a job another hit-man shoots the mark before Rath do. This newcomer has different tactics than Rath, he has no regard for innocent bystanders. Stallone takes up the hunt, and finally catch up with the hit-man named Miguel Bain (Banderas). They find themselves in a stalemate and Bain gets away when the police involves itself. Rath's next assignment is a unknown "ghost" who sells secret information to some Dutch men. All are to be eliminated. Once again both Rath and Bain finds themselves on the same assignment. But while Bain eliminates the Dutch men, Rath tracks down the ghost, a woman by the name Electra (Moore). But he doesn't kill her, and a strange relationship start to evolve. His employer doesn't get happy and Bain is sent to really retire Rath.
It is an interesting plot with some really interesting scenes. In a movie where much of the killing is done by silenced long-range shots, the two adversaries Rath and Bain, often finds themselves close together, in a situation where violence is impossible. The confrontation is then more verbal, and I got a deeper understanding of the conflict than if they just were to shoot at each other. I think that made the movie both a little different from others and better. Of course there are enough scenes with shooting and explosions and so forth as well. The cast is good, Stallone is typical Stallone, maybe a little stiff. Moore is good as well but best of the three is Banderas as Bain. The plot, interesting as it is, is not really good at twists and turns though. There are some, but unfortunately a little to much advertised in the movie. What I guess was intended as a surprise wasn't surprising. But it is still an entertaining movie with a little different aspect.
6/10