The first trailer for Killing Them Softly has been released. Directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James), the film stars Brad Pitt as a mob enforcer hired to restore order following the robbery of a mob-protected card game. We knew going in that Dominik was unlikely to make a straightforward crime pic, and this trailer promises something special. There’s some great humor, strange characters, and a wonderful backing track provided by the one and only Johnny Cash. We even get a shade of those political undertones that were singled out when the film premiered to a wildly positive response at the Cannes Film Festival. As a big fan of Jesse James this one was already high on my list of anticipated films, but seeing Pitt, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta and co. in action I can already tell it’s gonna be an excruciating next few months waiting for this to hit theaters.
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