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‘Old Guy’ Review: Christoph Waltz and Cooper Hoffman Aim to Kill, but Misfire
An over-the-hill hitman must reckon with the changing landscape of a life-ong career when he’s assigned to supervise a prodigy in lifeless 'Old Guy.'
A passionless assembly steamrolls over character-building moments, most notably when Danny intercepts Wihlborg from accidentally shooting a child (Maisy Crowley), as it’s a blink-and-miss-it shot of their millisecond tussle. The third-act shootout is the lone instance where there’s any snappy sense of rhythm coursing through the film’s veins, courtesy of Mono Town’s track “Two Bullets,” which underscores Danny’s inevitable return to fine form. On top of that, the bifurcated score underlines the film’s identity crisis, oscillating between plucky guitar compositions from Andrew Simon McAllister better suited to a buddy-cop comedy and smooth, synth-heavy instrumentals from Mono Town that align more with a sleek spy flick.
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