The Reel Take Podcast

Take 93 | The Maniacal Seven


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It's time for another spotlight episode kids! And as some certain Banshees of a certain Inisherin are getting such acclaim, we thought it a good excuse to look at 2012's SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS, from director Martin McDonagh and Colin Farrell, among others.

Colin Farrell is Marty, a man in search of a screenplay. He has a title but no story to go along with it. His friend Billy played by Sam Rockwell makes a living by kidnapping rich people's dogs with his friend Hans (Christopher Walken) then returning them and collecting the reward. But when they kidnap the beloved pooch of a gangster (Woody Harrelson) the fur flies.

Sharp dialogue, gleeful violence and a sly commentary on the state of cinema, as one character points out: “This thing’s got layers.”

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