The American

Directed by: Anton Corbijn

Starring: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, and Violante Placido

Running time: 105 minutes

This movie is about an American assassin who hides out in Italy to finish one last assignment. George Clooney plays as the assassin in this movie, his character's name is Jack. While Jack is in Italy he is assigned to build a very accurate weapon for a Belgian assassin. After he constructs the weapon he meets the woman who is buying the gun that he built, she tests its accuracy by shooting the tops of reeds that are growing out of a pond. She then hands the gun to Jack, who built the weapon, and tells him to shoot the top of a cat tail that is growing next to her. She does this to see how well he trusts his weapon. After the test is passed she tells him what types of ammo she wants for it and she buys it. Later on in the movie the lady assassin who bought the gun that Jack built, was killed. George Clooney's character dies in the end also. He was shot, and just as he arrives at the meeting place him and his lover set up he dies in his car.

I really did not like this movie. I thought it was really confusing because it gives no background information to George Clooney’s character at all. I really don’t recommend this movie at all, it was explained in the end, but it was very confusing until it ended and it doesn't seem like anything is really happening, so it is a pretty dull movie until about the last 5-10 minutes of the film.