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* SpiritualAdaptation: Given the similar setting, tone and having two of the same cast members, including Creator/JamesGandolfini, it's very common and easy for fans to view this as a feature length film adaptation of ''Series/TheSopranos''.

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* SpiritualAdaptation: Given the similar setting, tone and having two three of the same cast members, including Creator/JamesGandolfini, it's very common and easy for fans to view this as a feature length film adaptation of ''Series/TheSopranos''.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[ProfessionalKiller Jackie Cogan]] is a cynical, yet highly efficient hitman who works for the Mafia. After three thieves rob a poker game run by Markie Trattman, Jackie is appointed to find those responsible and to eliminate them. Despite knowing that Trattman had nothing to do with the robbery, Jackie has the man senselessly beaten before he personally assassinates him [[MakeAnExampleOfThem to keep the other criminals in line]]. Jackie hires Mickey, another hitman, to try and kill one of the targets, but when he realizes he's in no shape to do his job, he orchestrates his arrest by hiring a prostitute to get into a fight with him. After convincing Frankie, one of the thieves, to give up his partner-in-crime, Jackie successfully kills his target before later murdering Frankie [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness to tie up any loose ends]].
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* MemeticMutation: [[https://www.imfdb.org/images/9/99/KTS_DBS_02.jpg Frankie's]] [[https://www.imfdb.org/images/a/a6/KTS-Sawnoff-2.jpg extremely]] SawedOffShotgun, is a very popular cursed gun design around the internet. In some respects it's probably way more popular than the movie is.
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* CriticalDissonance: ''Killing Them Softly'' earned mostly positive reviews from critics, garnering a "Fresh" rating of 73% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, moviegoers '''hated''' the film for the most part, only garnering a 44% approval rating. In fact, it is one of only twenty-one films ''ever'' to receive an "F" grade from Cinemascore, and it's also the most acclaimed film on Rotten Tomatoes to get such a grade.

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* CriticalDissonance: ''Killing Them Softly'' earned mostly positive reviews from critics, garnering a "Fresh" rating of 73% 74% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, moviegoers '''hated''' the film for the most part, only garnering a 44% approval rating. In fact, it is one of only twenty-one films ''ever'' to receive an "F" grade from Cinemascore, and it's also the most acclaimed film on Rotten Tomatoes to get such a grade.

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