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Bulletproof Heart (1994)

Bulletproof Heart poster
Original title
Killer
Directed by
Mark Malone
Genre
thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A professional killer takes a job as a favor to his boss. He soon finds himself in a situation that goes badly for everyone involved.

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What happens

Bulletproof Heart (also known as Killer) is a 1995 independent Canadian-American neo-noir film directed by Mark Malone. It stars Anthony LaPaglia and Mimi Rogers, alongside a supporting cast featuring Matt Craven, Peter Boyle, Monika Schnarre, Joseph Maher, and Mark Acheson. The film first premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and Houston International Festival in 1994, and was later released to the United States and the United Kingdom in 1995. The story concerns a professional assassin Anthony LaPaglia who is pressured into accepting a new assignment as a favour to his boss Peter Boyle. He later finds himself in a dismal situation with dire consequences for everyone involved. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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