****SPOILERS**** A drunk and pony tailed looking Mickey Rourke is Native American, or Cleveland Indian , hit-man Armand "Blackbird" Degas who screws up his latest hit-job by him and his high on and drugged up partner Richie Nix,Joseph Gordon-Levitt,knock off a real estate agency while customers Wayne & Carman Colson, Thomas Jane & Diane Lane, are there looking to buy a new house. With the two-The Colson's-getting a good look at the two robbers it's Pony Tail or Blackbird who decides to knock the two off in order to keep them from identifying him and Nix.We've had already seen Blackbird in action knocking off Papa played by Hal Holbrook, who obviously needed a check to pay his rent, for his mob boss for not paying off his casino gambling debts together with his girlfriend, Alexis Butler, as she was about to leave the shower room. With Blackbird obsessed to tie up all the loose ends in his latest failed robbery he's now determined to find and kill both Wayne & Carman before they, if in fact they want to, identify him to the police in knocking off the real estate agency.****SPOILERS*** The film really goes straight downhill from there on with an unhinged Blackbird murdering a number of people including a fellow Native/American as well as him high on drugs and beer drinking partner Richie Nix for really no reason at all just in order to keep in shape or on target. As for Carman whom he kidnapped Blackbird only keeps her alive so her husband Wayne, who also saw his pot marked face, can come into the open to rescue her so he put him as well as Carman away. A flop in both straight to video as well as cable TV, forget about about the theaters, "Killshot" collected dust on the shelf for almost three years until it was broadcast on cable TV with it's commercial brakes having a much higher rating the then movie itself.

Alhough this thriller is based on a book of a solid author (Elmore Leonard), the script is uneven and contains odd or half-finished directions, so the tensions are not up high throughout the movie. The cast is uneven as well: the leading figures Thomas Jane as Wayne Colson and Diane Lane as Carmen Colson were uninviting to me (probably due to non-captivating characters rather than mediocre acting), but the bad guys, however - Mickey Rourke as Armand "The Blackbird" Degas and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Richie Nix - performed in gifted manner (well, they have always shown wide versatility in acting). Thanks to them, the movie is OK for killing time and does not become bored or annoying (its length is 1h 25 minutes only). The very ending could have been more interesting.Recommended to those fond of action thrillers.

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.