A classic, packs a punch and great music.

The movie is good, but the romance ruined the whole vibe.

This is got to be my favourite John Cusack film out of all I've watched so far, great soundtrack, cool sense of humor, good performance from john, played his role well and loved the plot and some fun action. All around good classic.

I feel like I just didn't _get_ this movie. While I can appreciate every part of this individually, there's something about the scatterbrained tone of this movie that refuses to come together in my head. The soundtrack, the Cusack/Driver chemistry, the cuttingly real subject matter, veiled jabs at modern working life; it's all there, the delivery just didn't land. Even as I type this, individual jokes and scenes jump out at me and make me laugh after-the-fact, but while watching it just didn't connect. Maybe it's one worth a rewatch.

**This would have been so much better without the reunion nonsense.**

Much funnier than I'd remembered, this twisting tale of competing hitmen and their uncharacteristically jovial attempts to rid the world of one other also finds the time to address the loss of innocence, the reflections of a milestone high school reunion and the baggage of leading a necessarily isolated lifestyle.

John Cusack is fantastic as the acidic, sarcastic prodigal son, returning to his home town on business while also giving serious thought to abandoning his violent ways for good. Great supporting work helps that role to flower even further, especially in the forms of his grinning, kill-happy competition, (a joyously nasty dark turn by Dan Aykroyd) the jilted love interest he left high and dry ten years back (Minnie Driver at her most smokin') and his flippant, hard-nosed assistant (Joan Cusack).

One of the greatest soundtracks ever, plus work on the original score by former Clash frontman Joe Strummer, takes this whole package over the top. Strongly recommended.

Basque from the Pyrenees, what is this non sense?