{"id":33203,"date":"2023-06-30T05:07:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33203"},"modified":"2023-06-30T05:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:07:22","slug":"33203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33203","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Virtuoso&#8221; (2021) starring Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish &#038; Anthony Hopkins \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z063023zview_virtuoso.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"743\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Virtuoso <\/em><\/strong>(2021)<\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Nick Stagliano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>James C. Wolf, Nick Stagliano<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Anson Mount, Abbie Cornish, Anthony Hopkins, David Morse <\/strong>and <strong>Richard Brake.\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>Every betrayal begins with trust.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To repay a debt, an assassin known as The Virtuoso (Mount) is given the time (5pm) and location (a small town diner) where he will find his target (who is also a hitman), but no other information.\u00a0 When he arrives at the diner, there are several possible targets: a couple eating dinner, a lone man having a meal, the waitress and a Deputy Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone is who they seem to be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I thought the plot was interesting.\u00a0 But truth be told, would a &#8220;virtuoso&#8221; assassin take an assignment knowing only the time and location of his target?\u00a0 There are other things that his character does that brings into question his talent as a master assassin.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Virtuoso<\/em> features a first person narration that just doesn&#8217;t work.\u00a0 A little of that goes a long way and there&#8217;s a lot of that.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Virtuoso <\/em><\/strong>(2021) rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z063023zview_virtuoso2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"503\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virtuoso (2021) Director: Nick Stagliano Screenplay: James C. 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