Colin Farrell is (get it?) Martin,
a bloke dead set on writing a screenplay titled “Seven Psychopaths,”
because the title sounds cool. He has not gotten past the title. His useless best
pal Billy (Sam Rockwell) steals dogs and then claims rewards from the distraught
owners.
When Billy foolishly swipes the puppy of a ruthless mobster (Woody Harrelson), barking and scratching ensue. Mob style. We get car chases, shoot-outs, and demigod Tom Waits playing a lunatic, which is what Waits does best. Christopher Walken goes sublimely off-the-charts.
When Billy foolishly swipes the puppy of a ruthless mobster (Woody Harrelson), barking and scratching ensue. Mob style. We get car chases, shoot-outs, and demigod Tom Waits playing a lunatic, which is what Waits does best. Christopher Walken goes sublimely off-the-charts.
Hooked yet?
McDonagh toys with film-goers' expectations
from the first scene, burning plot rules and the long-held traditions
of downing women and upping violence. Even if the climax stalls, “Seven” is a needed kick to the film-goosed brain. The cast is aces, especially
Rockwell. A-
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