The Killer Trailer Hits its Mark
Michael Fassbender has Netflix viewers in his crosshairs. Today, the streaming giant released a trailer for the upcoming thriller The Killer. The Killer finds Fassbender as an assassin who “battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn’t personal.” Tilda Swinton, Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Kerry O’Malley, Sala Baker, and Sophie Charlotte star with Fassbender. Directed by David Fincher as part of his overall deal with Netflix and written by Andrew Kevin Walker (who’s written some great movies like Seven, Sleepy Hollow, and 8mm), The Killer will hit theaters in limited release on October 27, 2023, before arriving on Netflix on November 10, 2023. You can see the trailer below:
Between Fincher, Fassbender, and assassins, The Killer had me at hello, but the trailer certainly helps. It’s the kind of trailer I like: no spoilers, just cool, enticing imagery that gets you excited for the movie. The voiceover makes me wonder if it’s just for the trailer or if it will play a role in the film. Did Fassbender undergo some kind of mental conditioning that’s going haywire? Or is the trailer conditioning us to think like Fassbender’s assassin, perhaps to amplify the suspense once he inevitably breaks his rules? I don’t know, but I’m eager to find out. I’m going to try to make it to the theater to see this instead of waiting for it to stream on Netflix; I wish they’d secure theatrical releases for more of their movies. A lot of them suck, but some would look fantastic on the big screen, like Extraction or, if the trailer is any indication, Rebel Moon. At least the ones by the more prestigious filmmakers like Fincher and Scorsese get the red-carpet treatment.
Netflix also released a poster for The Killer, which looks like a vintage one for a 70s thriller:
