Many cultures teach the importance of striving to be the best, but when you’re the best at ending lives, what cost does that exact on a person’s soul? This kind of question has been examined in popular fiction and cinema, from Quentin Tarantino’s two-part (maybe three) opus, Kill Bill to Luc Besson’s brilliant Leon (known as The Professional in the United States). Even John Cusack had something to say about it in the 1997 gallows comedy Grosse Point Blank: “Some of these guys need some kind of ethical philosophy to justify it, some … [Read more...]
