Alan Rapp

The Killer

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  • Title: The Killer
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The Killer

Movies about assassins almost always fall into the forgettable B-movie action-thriller variety, however there are some exceptions. Michael Fassbender stars in this slow burn thriller as a skilled assassin who fails an assignment. The first 20 minutes of the film show Fassbender waiting patiently for events to line up to take out his latest target focusing on both the methodical routine and readiness he sticks to and the large amount of downtime, boredom, and waiting involved. When the hit goes wrong, out killer flees the scene and makes his escape only to discover his employers have decided to take precautions and remove him as well.

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Birds of Prey #3

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Birds of Prey #3

The suicide mission of invading Themyscira begins. All things considered, Harley Quinn‘s insane plan works as the Birds of Prey are able to sneak onshore from the ocean and Black Canary is successfully able to find Sin. However, there are some unexpected twists involving Zealot making a pact with the island, Barda loosing her favorite thumping stick, and Green Arrow distracting Wonder Woman from events on the island not going exactly as planned.

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Blue Eye Samurai

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  • Title: Blue Eye Samurai
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Blue Eye Samurai

Set in 17th Century Japan, Blue Eye Samurai follows the vengeful quest of a blue-eyed ronin obsessed with the murder of four white men poisoning the country, any one of which might be her biological father. Since childhood, passing as male, Mizu (Maya Erskine) finds herself orphaned and being raised by a blind blacksmith and sword maker who can’t see and doesn’t hold his new apprentice’s mixed heritage against her.

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