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'The Virtuoso': Film Review

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You know you're in the realm of the archetype when a movie's closing credits favor descriptors over character names: The Waitress, The Loner, The Mentor — and, first and foremost, The Virtuoso's nameless title mercenary.

Played by Anson Mount in a tight-jawed register, he's a killer for hire whose armor is starting to crack, ever so slightly, after a hit gone wrong.

But it takes more than a little guilt to stop a killer from killing, and it takes more than a handful of archetypes and a smorgasbord of film noir tropes to make a gripping drama.

Working from a screenplay by James Wolf that veers between the strained and the diverting, helmer Nick Stagliano (The Florentine, Good Day for It) has crafted a mildly intriguing genre exercise more.

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