Black comedy about a thick hitman who falls for a woman who turns out to be in the same business. The romance hits a snag when "The Boss" hires each to rub out the other.
Review 1:
"...Delivers a kind of high most commonly associated with controlled substances, or with works of liberating imagination....A breathless roller-coaster ride..."
Source: New York Times
p.C8 06/14/1985
Review 2:
Included in the New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1985"
Source: New York Times
p.II, 19 12/29/1985
Review 3:
"...Huston's rich comic riff on GODFATHER clichés sports felicitous dialogue and tremendous performances..." -- Rating: A-
Source: Entertainment Weekly
pp.130-1 08/20/1999
Review 4:
"...It's a rich, dense character comedy....Huston guides them all in immaculate style, helped by a dangerously witty musical score by Alex North..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C1 06/14/1985
Review 5:
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he stellar team pull it off with a grand flourish....[This] release proves a solid reminder that films -- and filmmaking -- can be terrific fun."
Source: Empire
p.194 11/01/2008