Preview: Flame & Citron (2009)

Synopsis:

A pair of hitmen are challenged to assassinate a prominent Nazi figure while trying to escape detection and avoid falling in love with an informant.

• Poster: C+

Review:

I like the coloring of this poster, but the inset of Nazi soldiers against the foreground of the film's two characters is hardly engaging as it is too small to really pique a passer-by's interest.

• Trailer: B+

Review:

As the trailer opens, you get the immediate feeling you're in for yet another film Holocaust surival story or another plot-to-kill Hitler, but as it progresses, the horrors of the Holocaust are left on the cutting room floor (if they are even in the film to begin with) and we're given a thriller with Nazism as more of a backdrop and less as a central theme.

Oscar Prospects:

If it becomes wildly popular, and with a late-July release that isn't likely, I could see it earning nods for Art Direction, Costume Design and maybe Cinematography.

Release Date:

• July 31, 2009

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (July 12, 2009) Original