Preview: The American (2010)

Synopsis:

Sent to Italy to complete one last job, an American assassin falls in love and risks losing everything, including his life.

• Poster: C+

Review:

The French Connection inset in the title's strangely the best thing about this rather dry and unoriginal poster. The orange face is distracting and the in-motion George Clooney pushes for the action thriller crowd and not for the Oscar crowd.

• Trailer: B; C+

Review:

Clooney can make just about any movie better just by his performances. Whether this one is actually good or not depends on a lot of things, but a September release is not a positive one.

Most of the plot information revealed in the first trailer is tossed in the second, which makes this seem more like an action film than a dramatic spy-romance film.

Oscar Prospects:

Clooney will be talked about for a nomination and, if the film's good enough, he could bring it along with him.

Release Date:

• September 1, 2010

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (June 20, 2010) Original

-Wesley Lovell (July 4, 2010) New Trailer