The Job (2003)

The Job: Directed by Kenny Golde. With Daryl Hannah, Brad Renfro, Dominique Swain, Eric Mabius. CJ is a sexy, cold-blooded assassin who wants to quit the business. She agrees to carry out one last hit, but for the first time in her career as an assassin, she is unable to finish the job.

“u0026quot;The Jobu0026quot; is all about Hannah as a beautiful contract killer with a really bad attitude. This lame flick builds its story around her reluctance to make a final u0026quot;hitu0026quot; for reasons weu0026#39;re never really given to understand. Weu0026#39;re led to believe sheu0026#39;s killed often before but now, for whatever vague reason, she just doesnu0026#39;t want to u0026quot;offu0026quot; Renfro and his slutty girlfriend (Swain) to recover some drugs. And, if she doesnu0026#39;t fulfill her obligation and do the deed, her boss (Rocco), who looks too old to be able to pose a threat to anyone, will do something bad to her. And, if all that wasnu0026#39;t enough, she also has to contend with a young man (Mabius) who is falling in love with her in spite of her bad attitude, constant rejections, and a little problem with incipient motherhood. This far fetched bad idea conjures some decent performances and is adequately lensed and scored but canu0026#39;t escape its preposterous plot. Itu0026#39;s asking us to care about a killer for no good reason and to believe she canu0026#39;t escape her over-the-hill boss even though she could simply point one of her many guns at him and pull the trigger instead of doing away with Renfro. Hey, what the hell, she could just kill them all but then we wouldnu0026#39;t have all the angst and misery weu0026#39;re supposed to be experiencing as we ponder this turkey. A slightly above average B flick, u0026quot;The Jobu0026quot; is cinematic couch potato junk food currently on broadcast. (C+)”