Grosse Pointe Blank [31]

Wow, time for me to rant on about John Cusack. He’s one of my most favorite actors, I love the movies where he plays the same quirky, troubled, fast thinking, sentimental yet totally chill and cool guy :3. Like in Must Love Dogs, Serendipity, and High Fidelity. Some of my other favorites are 2012, Being John Malkovich and Martian Child. I just learned right now that he’s a screenwriter and producer, so now I’m even more fascinated.

In this film he plays the guy I mentioned above, he’s a hit man and doesn’t really care who knows it. Even though most people think he’s just goofing off when he tells them he kills for a living, he doesn’t seem to mind whether they believe him or not. Anyways, he just messed up on a job and is tired of the lifestyle. After running out on his prom night from his home town ten years ago, he’s beginning to wonder if things are still the same and if he can get out of this business.

He heads home only to find that his house isn’t there anymore, it’s now a liquor store. He’s desperate to find some meaning or just anything that’ll reassure him that his choice is a good one. He reunites with his high school sweetheart, she’s still angry about him running out on her on prom night, but gives him another shot. People are out to get him and everything turns upside down once he figures out who his last job is.

This is a really funny movie if you enjoy Cusack’s character like I do, the sarcasm he uses so often and how he’s always somehow troubled.