Killshot
Killshot is a 2008 American action thriller independent film directed by John Madden, and starring Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Mickey Rourke and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It is based on Elmore Leonard's 1989 novel of the same name. The story follows a couple who, despite being in a Witness Protection Program, are being chased and confronted by the criminal they outed.
Plot
Armand Degas, a hitman known as "Blackbird", accidentally shoots his younger brother during a job. Years later, he is hired by a Mafia boss to assassinate the man's father-in-law at a hotel. In the process, he also kills a witness. Visiting Walpole Island, Blackbird meets Lionel, a fellow First Nations member, and notices Wayne Colson, a recently fired ironworker separated from his wife Carmen.
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| author | Hossein Amini |
|---|---|
| director | John Madden |
| editor | Mick Audsley |
| genre | action crime thriller |
| keywords | burn buy convenience store cosa nostra dig dna fbi federal bureau of investigation first nations held hostage hitman home alone kill lose mafia boss missouri native americans in the united states return home wait walpole island witness protection young criminal |
| musicBy | Klaus Badelt |
| producer | Lawrence Bender Richard N. Gladstein |
| productionCompany | Lawrence Bender Richard N. Gladstein |
| publisher | The Weinstein Company Third Rail Releasing |
| recordedAt | Toronto |
| theme | independent mafia |