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‘Wolfs’ Review: Brad Pitt And George Clooney Face Off As Aging Fixers In Jon Watts’ Verbose Action Comedy – Venice Film Festival
Brad Pitt and George Clooney face off as aging fixers in Jon Watts' verbose action comedy 'Wolfs', which made its world at the Venice Film Festival.
It begins with a situation that desperately needs fixing: it’s Christmas, and New York DA Margaret Kretzer ( Amy Ryan) is alone in a posh new Manhattan hotel and cursing blue murder with the body of a near-nude, drug-addled young man lying in a pool of blood and glass on the bedroom floor. Luckily, both are old pros, but their over-familiarity does rob the film of surprise, which is sorely needed for a well-worn caper about stolen drugs and a vicious Croatian crimelord (played by Zlatko Burić in a criminally undercooked role). In this sense, Austin Abrams is the film’s MVP, the body from the hotel room, whose protestations (“I’m not a prostitute!”) fall on deaf ears and whose surprising backstory adds an interesting third wheel to the Midnight Run-style mismatched buddy premise.
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