Killing them Soflty

When a illegal poker game gets robbed for the second time, a hitman by the name of Cogan is brought in to kill the guys that did it. Everybody knows that Markie, the man that runs the poker game, orchestrated the first robbery and even though now everyone is convinced he had nothing to do with the second robbery, Cogan shoots him anyway to restore order and faith in the Mob protected games.

The small time crooks that actually did it suffer similar fates, because one of them - a heroin addict - cannot keep his mouth shut and brags to his would-be drug runner about it. All of this gets complicated by another hitman brought in who causes trouble to Cogan because he is a drunk and constantly soliciting hookers.

Yes, the story is confusing with longish conversations and somewhat hard to follow. But it is pretty to watch and has quiet the noir feeling about it (all that rain).

Here is an example of a rather beautiful, if brutal, scene. Markie gets shot:

6/10