Warning: Spoilers ahead for Wolf.
Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s new movie Wolf Shares the same character trick used in David Fincher’s latest film, The killer. Produced by Apple Original Films, the new action comedy was Released in select theaters on September 20, 2024, before its global premiere in 100+ countries on September 27 exclusively on Apple TV+. Pitt and Clooney’s protagonists are essentially cut from the same cloth but are Forced to reluctantly work together after a mysterious job goes off the rails.
Wolf Follows the characters of Clooney and Pitt as two lone wolf thinkers who are assigned to the same job. The film also stars Amy Ryan (gone baby gone, Bridge of Spies, Birdman), Poorna Jagannathan (Great Little Lies, The night of, rummy), Austin Abrams (Euphoria, Paper Towns, This is us), and Richard Child (Argo, Inside out, A serious person). Wolf is written and directed by Jon Watts, the celebrated director of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man Trilogy And Jeff Bridges’ latest series, The old man.
Wolf repeats the killer’s crime movie trick of hiding most characters’ names
Wolf took a page out of the murderer’s handbook
Wolf Never reveals the real character names of George Clooney and Brad Pitt. The audience is only told the DA’s names of landmarks around New York City and the names of Pitt, Clooney or Abrams’ characters are never explicitly revealed. This characteristic is similar to David Fincher’s 2023 thriller The killerwhich have hidden the names of most of the characters And only described them by their jobs. It appears that Wolf took out a page The killer Handbook that adds to the overall mystique of their protagonists.
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The killer was scrutinized by some Fincher fans for its relatively straightforward and unimaginative plot. What the film lacks in the depth of its story it makes up for in the richness of the influences and details within The killer Sharp runtime. This is also true WolfWhich relies on the back-and-forth banter between Clooney and Pitt’s characters but can meander into its own scenes at times. however, The killer It succeeds in creating stylish and well-orchestrated content much like WolfWhich makes the two films almost feel like they exist in the same story world.
Brad Pitt’s The Killer Connection makes Wolff’s name trick more ironic
Fincher once wanted Pitt to play the title role in The Killer
Fincher once wanted Pitt to play the title role in The killer In his movie long before Fassbender joined, which creates another interesting connection between Wolff and the killer. This would have given Pitt two nameless criminal protagonists with somewhat similar storylines, as both Fassbender’s and Pitt’s killer characters are highly skilled, organized and deadly. Still, Fassbender delivers a robotic coldness to the protagonist in The killer Whereas Pitt’s natural charm would likely have made his version of the character more accessibleAs seen in his performance in Wolf.
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