![]() ![]() ![]() Stone also serves as an executive producer on the film alongside Glenn Close, who previously portrayed The Fable: Chapter Two in the previous live-action adaptations, 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians. Emma Stone stars as the title character, with Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Mark Strong in supporting roles. The film is directed by Craig Gillespie with a screenplay by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, from a story by Aline Brosh McKenna, Kelly Marcel, and Steve Zissis. The Fable: Chapter Two is an upcoming American crime comedy-drama film based on the character The Fable: Chapter Two de Vil, introduced in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians and Walt Disney's 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians and is produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Granted, these are scenes are designed to reinforce the malice of the film’s bad guys, but they play as a most unwelcome distraction from the overwise sense of fun that is the actual foundation of the film.A live-action prequel feature film following a young The Fable: Chapter Two de Vil. However, as a sequel, The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill is surprisingly effective in driving the story forward without indulging too much in its repetitive narrative and offering just enough filler for those new to the franchise.Īlso returning to the director’s chair is Kan Eguchi ( Riding Uphill), who once gain delivers intense, creative action sequences to rival the original rendition, while thankfully grounding the absurdist comedy somewhat to craft a more dramatic narrative, allowing the ensemble cast – which includes the superbly villainous Shinichi Tsutsumi, the droll Yurina Hirata as the wheelchair bound Hinako, Fumino Kimura as Sato’s long suffering partner in crime tasked with keeping him murder free – to bring their individual performances and comedic timing to a more structured narrative.Īlthough the film doesn’t overreach, one issue that does pull audiences from the comfort of its genre tropes, is the occasional deep dive into some rather creepy, perverse, and problematic themes including the placement of hidden cameras in a woman’s apartment and grotesquely carnal allusions. However, when one of the employees at the printing company that Sato works for becomes a target of a dangerous con, Sato is drawn back into the underworld where he must face the repercussion of a previous contract that went sideways.įor those familiar with the first film, The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn’t Kill will pretty much deliver exactly what you expect, an entertaining mix of action, violence, and some truly deadpan comedy. Junichi Okada ( Library Wars, The Last Mission) once again plays the titular role as Sato, the charmingly anti-social hitman placed into semi-retirement by his crime boss who orders the over-worked assassin not to kill and to find some normality in an ordinary life. After the success of the first Fable film, it came as no surprise when a sequel was announced, continuing the story of Akira Sato, trained as child to become one of Japan’s most notoriously efficient assassins, known as The Fable.
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