The American, directed by Anton Corbijn and starring George Clooney is a moody little gem of a film about an assassin Jack (Clooney) on what his to be his last assignment: to build a custom rifle for the woman Mathilde while hiding away in a small mountain town in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
It is a thriller light on the thrills, but heavy on atmosphere. The film is beautifully shot and while the dialogue is sparse, it adds exactly what it needs to the story and no more. And when the wrong person says the wrong words, it all goes downhill from there.