George Clooney plays an assassin who grows tired of his life and heads to a small town in Italy to do one last job before getting out. In the mean time he falls for a prostitute and is hunted down but he doesn't know by who.
There are some great things done with The American. The character is interesting. His proficiency with weapons is intriguing to witness on screen and quite captivating. The film uses very little music and even then not until over halfway into the film. Before that any music is in the background. It's very fitting for the film. It's a character study on an assassin and a very interesting one at that. The pieces fit together quite well. Surprisingly well considering that the entire film is based around the character and therefore the story falls a bit to the wayside. It's a film made for the critics, not for the general populous.
So there are also a lot of problems with this film. It doesn't move very fast therefore it starts to feel very long after a while. Even though the character is interesting his reasons and decisions must be completely interpreted because it's not all plain and obvious. If there hadn't been a plot summary I'm pretty sure I would have been a bit confused as to what the film was about. The plot is thin with lots of unanswered questions about why he is being hunted. It's an art house film and even though I like many artistic films this was just much too slow. There are unfortunately more boring moments than anything despite how interesting the character is.
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