Have you ever wondered what goes through a hitman’s mind before he liquidates his target? David Fincher answers this question and many others in The Killer available on Netflix this Friday. He entrusts the monolithic Michael Fassbender with the role of a hired assassin looking for employers who want to eliminate him after a failed mission in this chilling adaptation of a series of comics by Jacamon and Matz (from Casterman).
After looking at serial killers with Seven, Zodiac And Mindhuntersthe director delves into the head of another type of murderer by confronting his methodical hero with enemies played by Tilda Swinton, Arlyss Howard or Charles Parnell.
A spellbinding descent into hell
“The guy I play goes unnoticed and isn’t scary if you meet him in the street,” explains Michael Fassbender. But it would be different if we could read his inner thoughts. » He then becomes terrifying as his character seems devoid of any form of emotion when he kills his prey. The killer’s voice punctuates his investigation, cold and implacable, as he gets closer to the sponsor who made the mistake of attacking his partner.
David Fincher’s refined direction brings constant tension to the spectator, trapped in the psyche of a professional killer. Black humor sometimes rears its ugly head in The Killertestifying to the genius of director, actor and screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker, already co-author of Seven. Fascination guaranteed for this captivating descent into hell.