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Not that this film is horrible but please stop slapping a 10 to every other film. A 10 should be close to perfect and good enough to be included in 1001 movies to watch before you die or good enough to be preserved in a time capsule. So yes 9 would be just fine thank you

The title doesn't leave much to the imagination, does it. But it comes with a twist - the principal character is a guy who kills people, and his name is Killerman. Pretty clever, huh? Except that we're introduced to him as Moe Diamond, part of a money laundering duo that includes Bobby 'The Skunk' (Emory Cohen). Liam Hemsworth is Diamond/Killerman, although we're not let in on his real identity until well into the story. And even then, things become problematic when it's hinted that Moe/Frank Killerman is a cop infiltrating the money laundering racket headed by the Skunk's Uncle Perico (Zlatko Buric). We might have found out about that, but midway into the picture, Moe is injured and falls victim to amnesia. When that happened, I kind of threw up my hands and felt myself a victim of the picture having gotten that far. Complicating matters, a team of dirty cops is on the loose looking for both a drug stash that The Skunk was going to deal outside the normal course of business for his boss, and the cash that was involved in the exchange. It gets pretty convoluted fast if you're not paying attention. If you are paying attention, you'll recognize a plot hole when Moe's pregnant girlfriend winds up missing, Moe believing she's dead, but Uncle Perico stating that she's alive, even if Moe, now Frank, doesn't remember who she is. That plot thread is never wrapped up after Killerman machetes his way out of a jam involving the pair of dirty cops. A narrative following the end of the picture states that it's unknown if Moe/Frank ever figured out who he was, making it sound like this might have been based on something that actually happened. I'm not really ready to accept that, and If you think this review is confusing, just wait till you see the flick.

The twist at the end is interesting but the journey is painful. You don't care about any of the characters. Its slow. Screenplay was thrown together in five minutes. Meh.

This movie had potential. Grit, violence,dirtbag cops, gold bars, drugs and money laundering. I found the plot to be condescending. Amnesia? Seriously? The other drawback was the Cohen kid. He still hasn't mastered the art of acting, and the film suffers because of it.

"Killerman" has to be one of the oddest "buddy" pictures in cinematic history. Apparently inspired by a true story, the film looks at the complicated world of drug laundering from the perspective of Frank "Moe" Killerman and Bobby "Skunk" Santos. But, by the end of the film, it is impossible for the viewer to understand what has just transpired on the screen.

The film begins with great promise with gritty chase scenes in New York that resemble the style of "The French Connection." We follow the action from the perspective of the mysterious Moe, who is working with Skunk in laundering enormous amounts of cash from drug trafficking. The best scene of the film was a fast-paced montage where we witness cash transformed into a gold bullion into cashier's checks.

But when Moe and Skunk depart from their routine and partake in a drug deal gone bad, the remainder of the film is one long cat-and-mouse game between a small group of dirty cops in pursuit of the stash of money and "product" in the hands of Moe and Skunk. But are the cops interested in the drugs and cash as "evidence" for criminal convictions? Or, are they actively involved in the drug trade for their own profit?

Another key player is Skunk's Uncle Perico, and "investor" working with the local councilman and paying off everyone in sight to complete a building project. Uncle Perico will be the linchpin in "following the money," as Moe and Skun run for their lives through the streets of New York.

Beyond the excessive and often unnecessary violence of the film, the ending was hopelessly confused in sorting out the identities of both Moe and Skunk. Clearly, the two characters were not being honest with each other. Moe believes that his beloved girlfriend, the pregnant Lola, is dead. But Uncle Perico reveals that she survived her gunshot wound. The filmmakers never bother to tie up the loose end of Lola, before Moe and his buddy Skunk head off into the sunset with their multi-million-dollar haul!

This was amateur filmmaking that required greater attention to detail in the editing room, especially in making the logic of the film coherent to its audience.

The film could have been a nice thriller with a drug lord, organized crime, nasty cops and so on. Then there is the money launderer's loss of memory. That doesn't help the plot at all, but rather slows it down. - - - - - - - - but it doesn't matter at all, because it's obviously a low-budget movie, which the film clearly shows. There are various scenes where nothing happens for minutes. For many minutes. The scene in the nightclub (in the trailer at minute one) lasts ten minutes in the film, and nothing happens at all in time. And when something happens, then there is only one very (!) shaky camera and many fast cuts. This is the easiest and above all also the cheapest trick, in order to compensate a missing action and to fake tension. You have the fast cuts also in the trailer, the wobbly camera was skilfully omitted there. However, the right film consists to 50% only of cut and wobbly camera. In this respect you should call the whole "helter skelter" rather than "film" rather "spectator fooling".

I saw "Killerman", starring Liam Hemsworth-Independence Day:Resurgence, The Expendables 2 and Oh yeah, he is Chris' younger brother and Miley Cyrus' ex husband; Emory Cohen-Lords of Chaos, The Duel; Diane Guerrero-Jane the Virgin_tv, Orange is the New Black_tv and Zlatko Buric-Pusher, 2012. This is a run of the mill, mediocre cops & mob movie. Liam plays a money launderer for the mob. Emory is his buddy that has a few connections and wants to make a big score with Liam's help. Diane is Liam's girlfriend and Zlatko is Emory's uncle-the connection Emory has that will make him rich. When Emory's plans go horribly wrong-ending up in a car crash while being chased by dirty cops-Liam looses his memory. He doesn't even remember Diane. One thing in Liam & Emory's favor is that they have millions of dollars in cash and drugs. One thing not in their favor is that they have dirty cops and the mob wanting the cash and drugs. There is 'surprise' twist near the end but it is not that big of a surprise-more mediocre than anything. It's rated "R" for violence, language, drug material and sexual content-partial nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 52 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD. I wouldn't rent it, either. If you really want to see it, I'd wait until it comes to cable.

Well, it's very violent. and don't ask why liam has a machete. the story is convoluted. dirty cops and a drug deal gone wrong. you know how that goes. except, it works, somehow. the action is pretty much non stop. liam is pretty good. did i mention the violence?