Killshot
Killshot is a 2008 American action thriller 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, but also kills a witness. Visiting Walpole Island, Blackbird crosses paths with Lionel, a fellow First Nations member, and notices Wayne Colson, a recently fired ironworker. Separated from his wife Carmen, Wayne collects some belongings from their house in Michigan.
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author | Hossein Amini |
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director | John Madden |
editor | Mick Audsley |
genre | action crime thriller |
keywords | belong burn convenience store cosa nostra dig dna fbi federal bureau of investigation first nations held hostage hitman home alone kill lock lose mafia boss michigan morning native americans in the united states new life return home shotgun 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 |