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Killshot

Ironworker Wayne Colson has come to the real estate office where his wife, Carmen, works -- at the worst possible time for both of them. Armand Degas, an Ojibway Indian hit man, and loose cannon Richie Nix are here to shake down Carmen's boss. And Wayne steps in the way. He sends the two off bleeding, and now the shooter for hire and Richie the ex-con have sworn to get the Colsons. There's little the state police and local law enforcement can do to help them, and the best the Feds can offer is the Witness Security Program. It comes down to Wayne and Carmen-- and finally Carmen on her surprising own-- to deal with the rough-trade misfits.

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  • "The 1989 Elmore Leonard novel Killshot is a real palm-sweater, with a relentless storyline, compellingly conflicted protagonists running for their lives, and--just behind and sometimes ahead of them--a walking nightmare of a half-Indian stone killer named "Blackbird," plus the freaked-out small-timer he's taken under his wing. The movie version was produced by Quentin Tarantino's longtime partner Lawrence Bender, with Mickey Rourke as the hitman who lets no one live after seeing his face, the talented Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Brick) as his jittery acolyte Richie Nix, and Diane Lane and Thomas Jane as the about-to-divorce couple who run afoul of them by grotesque miscue and end up in the Witness Protection program. Sounds like a recipe for an edgy suspense classic--except that, after filming in 2005, the picture sat on the shelf for years, to be taken down for periodic recuts, which included dropping one whole line of action and the featured player associated with it. At 84 minutes, Killshot has been reduced to a collection of Leonard ingredients, still tantalizing but half-baked. The Oscar-nominated director of Shakespeare in Love is willing to let these lumpy remains be billed as "A John Madden Film," so blame him for failing to make more of Rourke's creepy rapport with putative victim Lane and Richie's Elvis-worshipping girlfriend Rosario Dawson, for Gordon-Levitt's over-the-top (but undeniably appropriate) portrayal of Richie, and for the heavyhanded editing and repetitious, over-interpretive dialogue (by Hossein Amini)."
  • "Ironworker Wayne Colson has come to the real estate office where his wife, Carmen, works -- at the worst possible time for both of them. Armand Degas, an Ojibway Indian hit man, and loose cannon Richie Nix are here to shake down Carmen's boss. And Wayne steps in the way. He sends the two off bleeding, and now the shooter for hire and Richie the ex-con have sworn to get the Colsons. There's little the state police and local law enforcement can do to help them, and the best the Feds can offer is the Witness Security Program. It comes down to Wayne and Carmen-- and finally Carmen on her surprising own-- to deal with the rough-trade misfits."@en
  • "Armand Degas is a Mafia hit man the guys call Blackbird. He is cool and composed and knows a good score. So when punk crook Richie Nix tells him about his surefire scheme to extort $10,000 from a middle-of-nowhere Michigan real estate agent, Armand signs on. What the two thugs don't count on is Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband, Wayne, being in the real estate office when they go in to collect. Now Carmen and Wayne know too much and Armand has no intention of letting them survive to tell about it. But Wayne's sure the local cops are going to fumble the manhunt, and the best the feds can offer is the Witness Security Program. Now it's come down to one man, one woman, and two killers ... and someone's bound to end up on the wrong end of the gun."@en
  • ""Carmen saw the scam. And now she and Wayne, her ironworker husband, have to pay. Because Blackbird kills smart and deadly. Richie kills stupid and crazy. Both are out to erase any living evidence--and when these lethal partners take up the chase, a safe place from killing is awfully hard to find."--Cover of Quill pbk."@en
  • "Armand Degas and Richie Nix combine their criminal credentials, their ease with killing, and their lust for adventure and take off on a spree that has innocent victims running for cover."
  • "Un vrai cauchemar où rôdent un tueur fou et un professionnel du meurtre. Personnages convaincants et dialogues réalistes."
  • "Carmen Colson is introducing her ironworker husband Wayne to the wonderful world of real estate brokering when the pair gets caught in the middle of an extortion scheme. With some quick thinking and some even quicker swinging of a crowbar, Wayne puts two nasty thugs temporarily out of commission. But now the Colsons' quiet life becomes a desperate fight to survive ruthless killers. Hiding in the witness protection program, they quickly learn it's not exactly the safest place to lie low."@en
  • "Twee moordenaars openen de jacht op een echtpaar dat getuige was van een misdaad."
  • "Richie Nix rêve d'établir le record de braquages des Etats-Unis en cambriolant une banque dans chaque Etat. Quand il force un automobiliste à lui servir de chauffeur, il tombe sur Blackbird, un Indien Ojibwa tueur à gages. Les deux hommes décident de faire équipe et tentent d'escroquer un agent immobilier. Mais se trompant de cible, ils attaquent un charpentier métallique et sa femme..."
  • "Carmen saw the scam. And now she and Wayne, her ironworker husband, have to pay. Because Blackbird kills smart and deadly. Richie kills stupid and crazy. Both are out to erase any living evidence -- and when these lethal partners take up the chase, a safe place from killing is awfully hard to find."

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  • "Novela de misterio"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Large print"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Mystery"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en

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  • "Il corvo : [thriller]"
  • "Kill shot"
  • "Killshot"
  • "Killshot"@en
  • "Killshot"@it
  • "Киллер : роман"
  • "Killshot : [screenplay]"@en
  • "Killshot Roman"
  • "Killers"
  • "Killshot / M"
  • "Smrtící výstřel"
  • "Killer : roman"
  • "Il corvo"@it
  • "Il corvo"
  • "Killshot = Khā sa hai khet"
  • "D'un coup, d'un seul : roman"
  • "Killshot [sound recording]"
  • "Killshot [sound recording]"@en
  • "Tappolaukaus"@fi
  • "Persecución mortal"
  • "Persecución mortal"@es

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