7/10
Another movie I downloaded a long time ago but never watched. A slacker/black comedy/crime film from the 90's (a la Serial Mom, or Jawbreaker), it stars Jason Priestley as Cosmo, a bored-bordering-on-unconscious twentysomething who gets promoted from book-taker to hitman, and proves surpisingly adept at the job despite repeatedly insisting he doesn't want to do it. Peter Riegert plays Cosmo's hitman mentor, and their rapport is really what makes the film, though Cosmo's relationships with a prostitute and a budding love interest add some colour. I have to give it up for Priestley though, he's excellent as the deadpan, socially handicapped Cosmo. The movie is actually pretty funny too, but definitely not afraid to be dark...which is probably what killed its chance of mainstream success. Not a diamond in the rough or anything but a good one to watch late at night with nothing else on TV.
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