The plot of this movie is just weak. That and crippled by too much unexplained nonsense.
How does a - seemingly - huge organization make money by assassination? They must be doing several a day at many thousands - or millions - of dollars each. And why the hell does EVERYBODY who was present at the first assassination have to then be killed themselves? If that's company policy it's going to make for a really messy clean-up detail for every job. And if all the witnesses have to die, why not just whack them all at the same time. Geeze, you'd think a corporation that specializes in assassination would be a little more efficient than all that.
And how is it that a super-secret, espionage-like organization can't figure out who it is that just applied for work with them? They must be incredibly inept. And how did they get to the Sheriff in Bubbaville, Texas? And how come there's zero repercussions for the ace reporter when he destroys half the town and kills off their Sheriff? And the list goes on. Obviously there wasn't a lot of thought put into the script. Nor was there any suspense. It's an amazingly dull movie.
Beatty looks like he just stepped out of GQ to do this pic, and does a passable job of acting. He's just got damned little to work with. Overall, it's just pretty lame.
How does a - seemingly - huge organization make money by assassination? They must be doing several a day at many thousands - or millions - of dollars each. And why the hell does EVERYBODY who was present at the first assassination have to then be killed themselves? If that's company policy it's going to make for a really messy clean-up detail for every job. And if all the witnesses have to die, why not just whack them all at the same time. Geeze, you'd think a corporation that specializes in assassination would be a little more efficient than all that.
And how is it that a super-secret, espionage-like organization can't figure out who it is that just applied for work with them? They must be incredibly inept. And how did they get to the Sheriff in Bubbaville, Texas? And how come there's zero repercussions for the ace reporter when he destroys half the town and kills off their Sheriff? And the list goes on. Obviously there wasn't a lot of thought put into the script. Nor was there any suspense. It's an amazingly dull movie.
Beatty looks like he just stepped out of GQ to do this pic, and does a passable job of acting. He's just got damned little to work with. Overall, it's just pretty lame.