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‘The Killer’ Is David Fincher at His Wicked Best

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Michael Fassbender plays a detached hitman obsessed with discipline and ritual in the caustic, unrelenting thriller that has Fincher playing in peak noir mode.

Nick Schager
Nick Schager 

Entertainment Critic

A photo illustration of Michael Fassbender in Netflix’s The Killer.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Netflix
Nick Schager

Nick Schager

Entertainment Critic

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