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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Seven psychopaths (2012, Martin McDonagh)



Marty (Colin Farrell) wants to make a movie and has an idea about what it would be like but he lacks inspiration, so instead of working on it, he drowns himself into booze and sometimes pisses his girl off. For now, Marty has the title, Seven Psychopaths, associated to some criterias like peace and love. But that’s it. Thanks to the help of his best friend Billy (Sam Rockwell), he’s going to hear an make up stories of all sort of dangerous psychopaths. Did I say peace and love? 

Beside genius narrative, terrific acting (especially from Sam Rockwell), solid script, nothing to say.

Psychopath n°1 : the Jack of Diamonds killer
He wears a hood and kills people who, he thinks, deserves to die. Then, he leaves a Jack of Diamonds on each of his victims

Psychopath n°2 : the Quaker killer
who wanted to avenge the death of his daughter. Even though the killer felt guilty, turned himself to justice and did time, the father stalked him for years making him crazy. The repented killer decided to cut his throat open to escape from the vengeful Quaker but the old man did the same thing too.

Psychopath n°3 : the gangster psychopath
Who almost shot the girl, responsible for the loss of his dog. Now he is looking for those who took Bonnie.

Psychopath n°4: the Vietnamese priest (Long Nguyen)
The Viet Nam war isn’t over

Psychopath n°4 (Long Nguyen): who's he, really
Psychopath n°5 & 6: Maggie and Zachariah
Also known as the Texarkana Moonlight Murderer, the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run among others
They go around the country killing people who kill people: stabbing, burning, the end justifies the means.

Psychopath n°7 is actually Psychopath n°1

So here is the story: Marty is a screenwriter. His friend Billy and Hans kidnap dogs and take rewards. Things are out of hands when they kidnapped a Shui Tzu. That’s how all psychopaths (except psychopath n°4) meet.

Memorable quotes

Myra: You ever worried we’ve been wrong all these years, if ain’t no heaven and ain’t no nothing
Hans: Of course I worry but God loves us, I know he does, he’s just got a funny way of showing it sometimes
Myra: Sometimes I think God’s gone crazy sometimes, stuff he does, stuff he don’t do
Hans: Well he’s has a lot to contain within his time too, you know, bastards killed his kid too

Marty: I don’t have a drinking problem. I just like drinking
Billy: of course you do. Marty, one you’re a writer, two you’re from Ireland. It’s part of your heritage. You’re f**cked
You’re f**cked from birth. The Spanish got bullfighting, the French got cheese and the Irish got alcohol
Marty: And what is it the Americans got
Billy: tolerance

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