The Memory of a Killer

Name: The Memory of a Killer
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: August 26, 2005
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Jan Decleir, Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 26, 2005 | R

Starring: Jan Decleir, Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt

Summary: Angelo Ledda (Decleir) is an international hitman who has been hired to terminate two people in Belgium. Unknown to those around him, Ledda has advanced symptoms of Alzheimers, and this double murder will likely be his last. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Director: Erik Van Looy

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 123 min

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Richard Schickel

Without question, the best crime movie of the year--and one of the best movies of any sort now playing. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

A cracking police procedural from Belgian director Erik van Looy, has a jaw-dropping premise so smartly executed that if this movie weren't in Flemish I'd swear that Michael Mann had directed it. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

This is one terrific thriller with several wicked tricks up its sleeve, each more satisfying than the last. Read full review

Walter Addiego

This Belgian crime thriller makes compelling viewing out of a "you can't be serious" plotline. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Writer-director Erik Van Looy keeps the action moving briskly. Danny Elsen's cinematography is stylish and the acting top-notch. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Although comparisons to the memory-challenged machinations of "Memento" are inevitable, the plotting here takes a more traditionally linear path. Read full review

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

If you're one of those people who complained that "Memento" could just as well have been told in chronological order, The Memory of a Killer may be your cup of tea. Read full review

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KenG

Sep 20, 2005

Dark, stark, disturbing, poignant movie, which was excellently acted, and has touches that haunt. It takes a no-holds barr approach, not really in that it gives us excessive violence (although there is violence here), but in the way it handles tough, disturbing issues.