David Fincher's 2023 Netflix film about a hitman whose controlled worldview begins to unravel — a methodical study of professionalism, routine, and the psychology of someone who has optimized their humanity out.
Creates Fincher's most formally controlled character study — The Killer's commitment to its protagonist's psychology (his Smiths-soundtrack interior monologue, his rituals, his cold rationality) makes it a meditation on the costs of extreme professionalism.
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