The Limits of Control is a 2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Isaach De Bankolé as a lone wolf assassin, carrying out a job in Spain. Filming began in February 2008, and took place on location in Madrid, Seville and Almeria, Spain. The film was distributed by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews, and as of June 15, 2010, has a 41% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which criticizes the film for it...
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The Limits of Control is a 2009 American film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Isaach De Bankolé as a lone wolf assassin, carrying out a job in Spain. Filming began in February 2008, and took place on location in Madrid, Seville and Almeria, Spain. The film was distributed by Focus Features. It received mixed reviews, and as of June 15, 2010, has a 41% rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, which criticizes the film for its slow pace and inaccessible dialogue while praising its beautiful cinematography and its ambitious scope.
The film opens in an airport in which the Lone Man is being instructed on his mission, although the mission itself is left unstated and the instructions are cryptic, including such phrases as "Everything is subjective," "The universe has no center and no edges; reality is arbitrary," and "Use your imagination and your skills." After the meeting in the airport he travels to Madrid and then on to Seville, meeting several people in cafés and...
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