Seven Psychopaths

"Seven Psychopaths" offers good performances and a slew of memorable and original characters in a smart, sharply written and intelligent script. Marty (Colin Farrell) is a struggling writer who is working on a screenplay titled "Seven Psychopaths". His friend Billy (Sam Rockwell) decides to help Marty by having him meet real-life psychopaths through classified ads. As the two characters get wrapped up in a story where Billy and his criminal partner Hans (Christopher Walken) mess with the wrong dog in their dogknapping scheme, we meet one psychopath after another.

What I liked about the movie Is that this is a truly original story that blends the fictional in-film "Seven Psychopaths" screenplay, the characters of the film and the film itself into a twisted, violent and funny tale. It's a black comedy so there are some moments where it gets violent and people get killed. I found myself shocked more than once as the plot took another turn or another psychopath reared his ugly head just when I thought I had the story figured out. There's a lot to like here and even if a dark comedy isn't necessarily the kind of thing you jump at, you'll have a good time with this. (Theatrical version on the big screen, November 1, 2012)