Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

best movie i've ever seen.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

"Killshot" stars Mickey Rourke as Native American mobster named Armand "Blackbird" Degas who's agenda is to murder anyone who knows or seeks his facial identity. He angers off the "Toronto Mob" by killing one of his cohort's girlfriend because she saw his homely visage. He goes into seclusion and forms an alliance with an irritable small fry crook Richie Nix (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). To get some extra cash, they take their act to a real estate office for protection money. A married couple who's not on good terms right now Wayne and Carmen Colson (Thomas Jane and Diane Lane) have seen Blackbird's ugly mug and now he has to kill them. But as I would expect, the idiot misses which leads our victims to enter a Witness Protection Program which is just as well since they have to act like they're happily married without a worry in the world. Blackbird has determination though. He goes far as to fake his death so when the couple returns home, he can make another attempt to shoot them, only to miss again. D'Oh! Fortunately, the couple have better shooting range than the Native guy.Okay, I'm confused here, why is this movie titled "Killshot"? The better title would have been "Bumble Shot". Because every time Blackbird and Nix have the opportunity to kill the couple, they just miss their marks. In fact Wayne himself seems more of a lethal guy than the bad guys here even at point he successfully manages to throw Nix from a window and onto a gazebo. Too bad this thriller seems more focused on a Lifetime TV atmosphere as Wayne tries to repair his marriage with Carmen. When you think about it, are we supposed to believe that this unskilled couple were able to overthrow this mobster and his dumb sidekick which the FBI and the "Toronto Mob" weren't able to accomplish? It might be possible to upstage the "Toronto Mob". Though they do exist, but the Mafia in Canada are far less nefarious than their American counterpart. I am a huge fan of Mickey Rourke whether even with his poor career choices, but here, he's up there in one of his poorest performances as a Caucasian guy acting like a Native American. I'll go far as to say it's even worst than when George C. Scott played one in "Firestarter". I'll cut him some slack because he looks like an evil Steven Seagal. I like the performers Jane and Lane, but I think they have potential to be starring in better films than this garbage. They were just badly wasted in thankless roles here. Thanks to the mundane script by Hossein Amini, the Colson's are just one-dimensional caricatures.The main gripe I have here is that after three years sitting on shelf collecting dust before is that this movie went direct to video is that the film was in the wrongful hands of director John Madden. No not the legendary football coach, but the guy who at one time directed the epic classical period-piece "Shakespeare in Love". I'm sure that there were other directors capable to direct a gripping crime novel by Elmore Leonard. All I know this film was a quite a fumble.

My opinion? Good movie; it struggles a bit at first but plays out well. Diane, Mickey, Gordon all excellent. Very underrated movie. A shame it went straight to DVD, not enough recognition. I'm a fan of Diane (she is extremely sexy) and Gordon is perfect as the psycho. I want a copy of this movie to my collection and I have quite a collection. Gordon is also excellent in "The Lookout", another looked over movie. Anyway, watch, enjoy, and admire the very attractive Diane Lane. And why do I need to submit 10 lines? I fail to understand IMDb's rule on this but hey, I guess I will submit to their request. Speaking of Diane, another good movie is "Streets of Fire" with Michael Pare.

Dismayingly mediocre crime/chase flick, with your average married couple Diane Lane and Thomas Jane on the run from hit-man Mickey Rourke and psycho partner Joseph Levitt over a witnessed incident. Rosario Dawson as Levitt's gal pal rounds out the big name cast. For a suspense film, there ain't a whole lot of suspense. There are what I call set pieces, which are sequences at recurring intervals where a little something happens. You can almost predict when these sequences will appear by simply keeping an eye on your watch. Otherwise, there'w not much happening here. And the ending is woefully predictable. Jane and Lane are given little to do other than bicker when they're not dodging bullets (they're getting divorced). Rourke is Rourke and Levitt is mildly amusing as his psychotic buddy. This plot has been used before, to much better effect. See just about any other witness-oriented movie to see what I mean (How about "Witness" for starters?) What a shame to have such a talented cast to work with and do so little with them. P.S. For those who hadn't noticed, Diane Lane has quickly become the Ashley Judd of the past decade, starring in a series of highly uneven thrillers. And like Judd, Lane is usually better than the material she is given to work with.

If I live to be a thousand I will never understand how some viewers arrive at their opinion. I truly think some people look to see what others have said about a film and if the majority are negative then they jump in with THEIR negative review. I fail to see how people see pictures like this and automatically decide it'a "a piece of crap" It is not! KILLSHOT is a very descent film. Good acting and strong performances by Micky Rourk and Diane Lane. Good suspense. Good story that I find very plausible. Elmore Leonard wrote the novel from wince the film comes. A descent picture with a fine performance by Micky Rourk, who is a dam fine actor! To all those naysayers who wrote disparaging reviews... What are you looking for? Perfection in everything that ever gets made? All of you must be very sad to discover there is very little perfection in anything.