Archive for August 21st, 2009

The Merry Gentlemen

Director: Michael Keaton (debut)

Screenwriter: Ron Lazzeretti

Cast: Michael Keaton, Kelly MacDonald (No Country for Old Men), Tom Bastounes

Length: 1h 50m

Synopsis: Hitman Frank Logan (Keaton), whilst completing a job, comes across the angelic and innocent Kate Frazier (MacDonald). Him a suicidal assassin wracked with what appears to be guilt, and her a runaway from a violent husband, their lonely souls find company with each other and form an atypical relationship that is simultaneously platonic and romantic. A lonesome detective named Dave (Bastounes), who is investigating Frank’s murders, also becomes wooed by Kate’s affable charm after questioning her about one of Frank’s recent killings. Kate and Detective Dave never connect as he continually attempts to court her, and her reaction to his misfires is to retreat to the sanctity of her privacy and emotional solitude. All else after this shan’t be disclosed. Read the rest of this entry »