follow the whirlwind success of the wrestler ( see my review ) and mickey rourke have this gem head straight to video . every copy be rent for month and i even hear some good buzz around it . so month later i catch it on a movie network and sit down to watch it . first of all . one of the location in the film ( walpole island ) be a place i use to visit on a regular basis a a child because we live very and very close to the reserve . cool huh . that about where the coolness end with this dud . i mean the story be decent enough to warrant a four and even the direction be not bad but the performance be just awful and and downright ridiculous with some truly wasted star power and mickey $ % # @ and . rourke play a native canadian or american hit man . what in the lord name be they think . he doesn not even resemble native blood and his attempt at the generic native accent make him look even more ridiculous . they could have go anywhere with this story . they could have hire a native actor and or change rourke character and how about a white man raise by native parent . instead they make killshot a complete and utter joke . a you may have catch mickey rourke star in killshot and i use that term loosely . i have never like rourke much although his oscar win performance be decent enough . this show and confirms my dislike for him . he look bored and constantly bore and and his lame attempt at portray a native be border on insulting i would think . he make a decent cold blood killer but then the story never explore that part of him which be totally backwards to the story . diane lane and although well respect in hollywood and turn in another drab performance . she have have her moment but overall she just usually doesn not take off in any one performance . she look like she be go to be great but then when she isn not and it even more disappointing . thomas jane play her protective husband . i have always felt jane deserve a big career than he have . i think he get action star in his blood . all say and do his performance in killshot be actually not bad . he doesn not take thing too far and he tough and almost heroic in a way . him and lane manage to have decent chemistry but he doesn not get a lot in the way of his character . i have absolutely no idea why rosario dawson a ) do this movie and b ) have a character at all . her character be absolutely useless and have no point to the plot or story make any performance she would give equally a bad . i have rarely see a character who be support so incredibly useless . the only redeeming character and performance in this film be that give by joseph gordon levitt a the deranged mini killer who want to team up with rourke hit man . gordon levitt be over the top crazy and entertaining and his character be actually engage . if this film have be entirely about him it would have be a smash . he literally save this from utter crap . his performance be almost worth watch this drivel for . oscar nominated director . whoa wait . yes oscar nominated director john madden ( i think the football coach could have do a good job ) helm this mess . i have actually never see shakespeare in love and but i remember the critical acclaim it receive and it surprise me because the direction in this film and with the character be downright awful . screenplay writer hossein amini have do nothing i recognize but apparently have be slat to write the next jack ryan movie and after this mess i can not even imagine why they would want him . i understand this be base on a novel and i really hope the novel be worlds above this mess . a little bit of action and some sort of hokey attempt at an emotionally charge story of a hit man and his partner and the mess they get involve in . unfortunately unless youre a huge rourke fan or really love joseph gordon levitt then there be no reason to put yourself through this pain . i do it for you and i still feel the pain . 4/10 .