Victor is a professional hitman and through the mechanism of a recorded interview, we see the development of his craft. Starting with a troubled family in Romania, associations with the local mob, to becoming a freelance expert, Victor is consistently emotionless and hard. And yet, Victor is our protagonist and we are meant to feel sympathy for him. Several times throughout the film, a character states "but I had no choice, don't you see". Victor is continually fighting against this way of thinking, trying to identify if really, there is a choice. Overall, this is a very flat drama designed to match the emotional even keel of Victor. And yet somehow, in the end I found myself thinking "interesting" and "clever", reviewing the actions throughout to see how everything fit together. Of course, the violence is brutal, but it is not graphic as tends to be popular in current action films.
3 stars (out of 5)
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