Let me sum up Killing Them Softly for you, a basic mob movie that wants to be more than that so Dominik concocts some pretentious connection between the mob and U.S. politics so that they can convince themselves their basic mob movie is more than that. The political connection doesn't even make any sense. It's basically "hey the government is similar to the mob because they both have an economy!" It sounds like a teenagers attempt at edgy satire. Not only is the connection incredibly pretentious and over the top, it's also shoved down the audiences collective throats. Dominik presents his satire with the subtlety of a Michael Bay movie, constantly placing in political speeches to try to be clever. He treats his audience like kindergartners and insults their intelligence. I probably would have liked it better if he had just completely skipped his pretentious satire and just stuck to a basic mob movie, at least then I wouldn't feel spoonfed. The visuals are more impressive than your average movie, especially with one of the execution scenes. Overall though it just feels like a waste of time that will insult your intelligence on the side. Terrible movie, just an absolute waste of my time.

7/10

Neo-noir crime thriller with dark humour, slow at times but good acting makes up for it, overall a solid and enjoyable crime film.

“Killing Them Softly” has a great noir setting, superb acting and excellent cinematography, but due to the endless pointless conversations, the thin storyline ends up being extremely incoherent.

4/10