‘The Killer’: A Frigid (and Bloody) Portrayal of Middle-Aged Ennui

What do you value when nothing matters?

Dean Brooks

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David Fincher’s newest film The Killer, starring the always great to watch Michael Fassbender, perpetuates the director’s ironic passion for neo-noirish nihilism. Fincher might be the only director to have achieved A-list status making essentially highly-stylized misery porn. Even…

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Dean Brooks

Novelist. I also enjoy writing about topics like business, investing, culture, and technology.