Killshot

Actors:  Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Leavitt, Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson
Rating:  7 out of 10, I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this, much less seen this 2008 movie.  On top of a cast boasting some of my favorite actors it was an Elmore Leonard story which guaranteed some truly memorable characters.  He doesn’t disappoint with Rourke playing an aging amoral Indian hit man accompliced with a frenetic young hood in Leavitt who steals every scene, something he’s making a habit of.  His complete ineptness as a wannabe bad guy is a great foil to Rouke’s cool deadliness.  They spend the movie trying to hunt down and kill Jane and Lane.  This was every bit as fun as most of the now painfully departed Leonard’s fare was.  He’s going to be missed.   
MVP:  Leavitt as the over the top, bumbling hood appropriately named Richard Nix