David Fincher's "The Killer" will screen at the BFI London Film Festival

Leonard Zelig

Sep 2

"David Fincher's much-anticipated adaptation of Alexis Nolent and Luc Jacamon's graphic novel finally arrives. And it slays!"

The 67th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its full lineup, which includes galas and special presentations of films.

The festival's Headline Galas include David Fincher's The Killer.

Tegan Vevers:

In absolute stillness, an unnamed assassin lurks in the darkness, surveilling his next target with an almost inhuman patience. But beneath his steely resolve is a man wrestling with his inner conscience. When a botched hit leaves the gunman with no choice but to retire from the world of professional killing, his shadowy past isn't so willing to let him go – making him a target for his former employers, and his own demons. Teaming up with screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker for the first time since Se7en, David Fincher's cold-blooded action thriller is a masterful work of icy precision, punctuated by meticulously executed, genuinely jaw-dropping action set pieces. Heading up a stellar cast, Michael Fassbender is mesmerising as the titular killer, his poise and physicality perfectly embodying a man losing the control that once defined him.