Rent The Virtuoso (2021)

Silly Thriller - The Virtuoso review by GI

A gloomy, literally so, thriller about a hitman (Anson Mount) who boringly narrates his way through the narrative telling us how to be ubër professional but managing to basically cock up every hit we get to see. It's a muddled story too with Anthony Hopkins playing the unnamed hitman's boss and how they must have rejoiced at getting Hopkins to agree to do this, he has one soliloquy where he rattles on about a Vietnam massacre he took part in and where he barely attempts an American accent, and we get to see him endlessly sitting in a chair usually cleaning an assortment of guns. The Hitman gets an enigmatic assignment to kill another assassin but for whatever reason he is not told the target only a location and on arrival it becomes one of those mysteries as to who he has to eliminate. Only it's not that mysterious because it's pretty obvious all along. At times the film is quite laughable, an example is the Hitman taking a silenced pistol as he's meant to be stealthy but he also straps on a machine gun too! The whole thing is nonsense and wrought with cliché and silliness. The only light is Abbie Cornish who supports, an actor that we need to see more of and Eddie Marsan cameos but is sadly very underused. One to avoid I'm afraid.

Good - The Virtuoso review by CS

Thought this would be a good movie from outset and it did'nt disappoint. Moved along nicely with the right amount of drama

and suspense. Hopkins took a back seat but very watchable nonetheless.

One Man Shows - The Virtuoso review by RW

Written, produced and directed by the same man. From bitter experience I avoid such films. At least he didn't star in this film as well!