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Killing Them Softly
2012
· Movie
· 97 min
C
MEANRANK
60/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3978
- IMDb #4106
- Google retired #3328
- Rotten Tomatoes #3146
- Metacritic #2666
- Letterboxd #2972
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2451
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4274
- Metacritic Critics #2010
- Metacritic Audience #3642
- Criticker #2093
- Douban #2452
- Kinopoisk #4430
- AlloCiné #4436
- Trakt #4524
Every rating
45–74
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 45, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A professional enforcer is hired to investigate a robbery that targeted a protected high-stakes poker game. The criminal underworld's economy is thrown into chaos by the brazen heist. The cool-headed hitman must navigate the bleak landscape of small-time criminals and intermediaries to restore order and deliver a harsh message about the consequences of disrupting the established system.
Details
- Director
- Andrew Dominik
- Writer
- Andrew Dominik
- Based on
- Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins
- Studio
- Plan B Entertainment, Chockstone Pictures, 1984 Private Defense Contractors, Annapurna Pictures
- Released
- 30 July 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $37.9M
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