American Star (2024)
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 107 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Stars: Ian McShane, Nora Arnezeder and Adam Nagaitis
IMDb score:
5,5 (2.771)
Releasedate: 5 January 2024
American Star plot
An assassin with a final assignment arrives in Fuerteventura to kill a man he has never met. But when the target is delayed, the assassin—drawn to the island, its people, and a haunted shipwreck—stays instead of following protocol. When the target returns, the assassin's world has changed. Everything used to be simple, but now nothing is anymore.
Reviews & comments
filmkul
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- 2530 messages
- 2282 votes
Fairly strong drama. The story is nice and is slowly developed by Lopez-Gallego. But in such a way that it remains captivating for the entire duration. As indicated, it is not really a thriller, but more of a drama. Although it does go a bit off course at the end due to a slight explosion of violence. McShane plays a strong role and his age is hardly noticeable. The metaphor with the subject from the title is beautiful. Furthermore, the film is atmospheric and visually very good. 3.5
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blurp194
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- 5547 messages
- 4228 votes
A rather failed attempt to imitate Jarmusch - the parallels with something like The Limits of Control (2009) are obvious, but American Star doesn't come close to that example. Not even remotely. Despite the fine cast, nothing really comes out of it, and it's still very disappointing. In any case, it also strikes me as wrong that the story is about a hitman again - you'd think that's the only profession in crime. What a shame.
I also find the cinematography disappointing. On the axis of not good enough to too much it is constantly just in the wrong place, the good images get too little space and the fake ones too much.
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