Watch: Panic 2000 123movies, Full Movie Online – Alex, a sad-eyed mournful man, goes into psychotherapy: he discloses he’s a hit man. He also tells the doctor, after a few sessions, that he’s attracted to a young woman he’s met in the waiting room. She’s Sarah, 23, quick, edgy, and perhaps attracted to him as well. But he’s married, the dutiful father of a young precocious boy, so Sarah brushes him off. In flashbacks we see him get his start as a killer, at his father’s prompting: it’s the family business. Dad gives Alex his next assignment: to kill the therapist. Alex keeps returning to Sarah, calling her, stopping by her apartment, as he decides what to do about the hit, his father, his marriage, and his malaise..
Plot: Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he’s worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.
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Nifty little sleeper of a movie.
This is the kind of movie Hollywood needs to make more of. No extravagant props, no car chases, no clever one-liners. Just people dealing with being people.William Macy plays an unlikely hitman who works for his father, Donald Sutherland. Macy is the dutiful son, Sutherland is the domineering father. Son wants out of the business, father won’t let him. Macy loves his own son, played beautifully by David Dorfman (“The Ring”). He also starts to fall in love with Neve Campbell, a girl he meets in the waiting room of his psychiatrist’s office.
It’s an interesting juxtaposition of characters and the film follows the reluctant killer as he balances his own needs with those of his family. There are many touching scenes, especially between Macy and his little boy. And as you’d expect in a film with William Macy in it, there’s a bit of humor too.
Excellent job all around, actors and director. Nice to know they can still make a good film in Hollywood on a small budget.
Excellent Psychological Crime Thriller
William H. Macy is at his most sympathetic and compelling here as a hit-man and loving father who wants to step out of the family business without angering his overbearing parents. Treads much of the same territory as TV’s “The Sopranos” in terms of the mid-life crisis of a criminal theme (here too he visits a shrink) but is still worth watching thanks to some taut direction from Brommel (I look forward to what this guy directs next), an excellent script, and all around great performances. Macy is excellent as always. This is probably his best role since “Fargo.” Donald Sutherland is at his creepy best as the domineering father. Tracy Ullman gives a surprisingly riveting dramatic turn as Macy’s wife. Young David Dorfman is excellent as Macy’s bright and sensitive son (many of his lines sound ad-libbed and are wonderful). Even Neve Campell (who I usually find abhorrent) is compelling as the troubled young woman who captures Macy’s eye. All of this is punctuated by a moving score and crisp pace that lead up to a predictable but still powerful climax and meaningful and touching aftermath. This film deserved a much wider release, as I suspect it would have connected with audiences.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 28 min (88 min)
Budget 1000000
Revenue 779137
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
Director Henry Bromell
Writer Henry Bromell
Actors William H. Macy, Neve Campbell, John Ritter
Country United States
Awards 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm