Interesting minutia drags down fatalistic ‘American’

George Clooney plays Jack, an American assassin in Rome, in the European-flavored espionage drama “The American.” Anton Corbijn’s contemplative espionage drama “The American” marks a throwback to the existentialist spy movies of the 1960s flavored with a touch of European cinema. That’s code for: It doesn’t come close to the action-packed thriller that the trailers […]