{"id":110,"date":"2012-09-23T11:20:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T10:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2024-12-26T10:09:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:09:33","slug":"killing-them-softly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/?p=110","title":{"rendered":"Killing Them Softly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Brad Pitt plays professional enforcer Jackie Cogan, the assassin who likes to kill people softly, from a distance.<\/h3>\n<p>He hates his hits begging for mercy so he can\u2019t kill up close and is unable to kill anyone he&#8217;s met. A bit of a flaw in a top rated hit man you may think. When\u00a0Cogan is hired to target the jerks responsible for robbing a Mob protected card game, he subcontracts the job to his old friend Mickey, a boozy, broken old assassin.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Killing Them Softly is a black comedy rated 18. George V Higgins\u2019 1974 novel Cogan\u2019s Trade has been adapted and updated from 1970\u2019s Boston to New Orleans in 2008.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Directed by Andrew Dominik, the film cast includes Ray Liotta, Sam Shepard, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy, Vincent Curatola as well as Brad Pitt.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/valcov.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-60\" title=\"valcov\" src=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/valcov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/valcov.jpg 325w, https:\/\/itmgames.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/valcov-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valentine&#8217;s Day Masquerade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Want to hold a mob based murder mystery party with a difference? 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