...a mostly satisfying adaptation that fares better than one might've initially anticipated.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 9, 2021

Marvin is the un-McQueen. Not handsome, unconcerned with the audience and therefore compelling, he is distant and takes things personally. He's too smart to be monumental like other movie stars, but when he falls it's like a world got killed.

| Nov 29, 2018

Siegel's terse, seething, and stylish direction glows with the blank radiance of sheet metal in sunlight; the movie's bright primary colors and glossy luxuries are imbued with menace, and its luminous delights convey a terrifyingly cold world view.

| Aug 28, 2017

This low-budget neo-noir is really a different kind of riff on the Hemingway story's themes and the genre. It also serves as a bit of foreshadowing for Seigel's violent 1971 hit Dirty Harry.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 7, 2015

This color version of Hemingway's yarn is every bit as fatalistic as its black-and-white predecessor but nowhere near as impressive.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 22, 2015

The movie defines the violent, complex persona that would make Marvin a star, and he's cast alongside the irresistibly alluring Angie Dickinson ...

| Feb 23, 2014

A crime mystery that takes the best from every cast member and creates a hell of an ensemble piece.

| Jun 3, 2013

Perhaps the sole justification for turning a fine old movie into a just passable new one can be summed up as Angie Dickinson.

| May 23, 2011

This take on the story by the invariably overrated Don Siegel is probably the most brightly lit, atmosphere-challenged movie ever to be tagged as noir.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 12, 2009

Ronald Reagan fails to crash convincingly through his goodguy image in his portrayal of a ruthless crook.

| Mar 26, 2009

The 1946 and 1964 versions of The Killers are vastly different, except for a couple of plot points, like the lack of surprise and failure to run the hitmen note with their target, and the double cross that is revealed at the end

| May 30, 2008

Though the film does not stand up to the 1946 version with Burt Lancaster, it has its own pleasures, including Marvin's rather likable role of an assassin, the exciting robbery sequence, and, of course, the villainous Reagan getting his just desserts.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 12, 2008

The second film version (1964) of Ernest Hemingway's short story, directed by Don Siegel with far more energy than Robert Siodmak could muster for his overrated 1946 effort.

| Mar 12, 2008

Um roteiro intrincado (ainda que excessivamente reminiscente de "Cidado Kane") que se beneficia ainda mais graas direo segura de Siegel e ao elenco excepcional (at Reagan, um ator geralmente medocre, est bem).

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2007

A familiar tale of robbery and betrayal unfolds, not enhanced by the glossy colour but given a terrific boost by the fact that the two killers stick around and are superbly characterised by Marvin and Gulager.

| Jun 24, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 4, 2005

Movie remakes seem to be pouring out faster and more frequently than ever before, and it's rare that a remake gets even close to an original, much less equals it or surpasses it.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 14, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 27, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2004