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Malcolm McMillan

The Killer is No. 1 on Netflix but critics and audiences are split — stream or skip it?

Michael Fassbender in The Killer.

The Killer is currently dominating the Netflix top 10, shooting up to No. 1 for movies in its first weekend on the streaming service. But not everyone who’s watched it so far has had a great time.

As of this writing, there’s a pretty significant split on Rotten Tomatoes for The Killer between critics and audiences. Critics are currently loving the film, giving it an 86% “fresh” rating and an average score of 7.4 out of 10. Audiences aren’t too far off in terms of pure score — they give it a 3.4 out of 5 — but they enjoyed the movie much less, with only 63% giving it a “fresh” rating.

Lucky for you, I already wanted to watch The Killer, so I hit play on it this weekend on Netflix to see for myself if this movie is another David Fincher masterpiece you need to stream now or a surprising misfire that’s worth skipping. 

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