Film title:
You Kill Me
Director:
John Dahl
Starring:
Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni, Luke Wilson
Release date:
7 Dec
Certificate:
15
Ben Kingsley as an alcoholic hitman sounds like the perfect cocktail. He plays Frank, an assassin with a liking for the hard stuff, who's been ordered to dry out by his mob boss after drunkenly missing a hit. Forced to join Alcoholics Anonymous, he's sponsored by the laidback Tom (Wilson) and lands a day job at the local morgue, where he meets the sarcastic and witty Laurel (Leoni) at her father's funeral. An offbeat indie with a perfect ensemble cast, Frank's road to recovery is a poignant journey that slips as easily down the throat as a low-alcohol beer. Director Dahl (Rounders, The Last Seduction) returns to his comfort zone, with bottom-of-the-glass wit, fizzing suspense and dry-as-Martini sarcasm - the result is 90 minutes of classic black comedy. [Kevin McHugh]