It's been a while since either David Fincher or Michael Fassbender have had a new movie (2020 for the former, 2019 for the latter), but they are teaming up for a highly anticipated new 2023 movie, The Killer.
The Killer is one of the main highlights of Netflix's 2023 lineup of original movies, which has already seen the release of The Mother, Extraction 2, Murder Mystery 2 and more, with upcoming releases like Maestro and Heart of Stone.
We've got everything you need to know about The Killer — from release date to how to watch — right here.
The Killer release date
The Killer is currently playing in select movie theaters in the US and the UK, check out Fandango to see if and where it is playing near you.
The David Fincher movie will premiere on Netflix on November 10.
David Fincher’s upcoming film The Killer, starring Michael Fassbender, is in select theaters October and on Netflix November 10. pic.twitter.com/kuyUzZgtdDAugust 28, 2023
The Killer plot
The Killer is based on a graphic novel titled The Killer by Alexis Nolen. This big-screen adaptation is written by Andrew Kevin Walker. Here is the official synopsis:
"After a fateful near miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal."
The Killer cast
Fassbender plays the titular role of the killer. 2023 marks the first time since 2019 that we'll be seeing the two-time Oscar-nominated actor on screen, and not just in The Killer, as he also stars in Taika Waititi's Next Goal Wins. Some of Fassbender's most noteworthy previous roles are as a young Magneto in the X-Men franchise, Prometheus, Steve Jobs, 12 Years a Slave, Shame and Hunger.
Tilda Swinton is also part of The Killer cast in an as yet unspecified role. Swinton is a prolific actress who in 2023 has already starred in Asteroid City and has Problemista upcoming (though the movie has been pushed to a current unknown date), while recent years have seen her star in Three Thousand Years of Longing, The Dead Don't Die, The Souvenir and in the MCU as the Ancient One.
The rest of The Killer cast is rounded out by Arliss Howard (Mank), Charles Parnell (Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One), Gabriel Polanco (movie debut), Kerry O'Malley (Why Women Kill), Emiliano Pernia (Pickpockets), Sala Baker (Jungle Cruise) and Sophie Charlotte (All the Flowers).
The Killer trailer
The first trailer for The Killer is here. Watch directly below:
Here is the official trailer for The Killer:
The Killer reviews
Rotten Tomatoes (as of October 27) has the movie with a "Certified Fresh" score of 87%. Here are a few snippets from the early reviews for The Killer:
Donald Clarke, Irish Times: "The Killer allows [Fincher] to exercise his own perfectionist instincts in a raw entertainment that makes a virtue of its emotional distance. It may prove to be Fincher’s first self-help film."
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine: "There’s a thin line between self-reflection and self-parody, and The Killer comes dangerously close to crossing it a few too many times."
Owen Gleiberman, Variety: "It's not that he's anything less than great at it, but [Fincher] may think there’s more shading, more revelation in how he has staged The Killer than there actually is."
How long is The Killer?
The Killer has a run time on one hour and 58 minutes.
What is The Killer rated?
The Killer earned an R rating in the US and a 15 in the UK for "strong violence, language and brief sexuality."
David Fincher movies
Fincher is one of the most revered directors of his generation, having garnered multiple Oscar nominations for Best Director. Take a look at the complete list of movies that he directed to see why he has such a passionate base of fans:
- Alien 3 (1992)
- Seven (1995)
- The Game (1997)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Panic Room (2002)
- Zodiac (2007)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
- The Social Network (2010)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- Gone Girl (2014)
- Mank (2020)
Fincher has also had his hand in some of the biggest TV shows of the last decade, specifically for Netflix, with House of Cards and Mindhunter.
How to watch The Killer
As we mentioned above, time will tell if The Killer is going to play at all in movie theaters, but at the very least movie fans are going to be able to watch it on Netflix.
Of course, this requires a Netflix subscription, which has a price range of $6.99-$19.99 per month for different plans but not only gives you access to Fincher's latest but all the best Netflix shows on the streaming service right now.
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