The American | Leatherheads - A George Clooney Double Feature [Blu-ray]The AmericanAmerican assassin Jack has one more job to do before he gets out of the game for good. Hiding out in the Italian countryside, he befriends some of the locals, risking their lives and his own in this taut thriller.The director is a Dutchman, Anton Corbijn, and “The American” is his second directorial effort after Control (2007), based on the life of Joy Division lead singer, Ian Curtis, and his tragic suicide at 23. Corbijn is also an accomplished still photographer (U2, REM) and widely acclaimed music video director (Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Metallica). The American allows George Clooney to play a man as starkly defined as a samurai. His fatal flaw, as it must be for any samurai, is love. Other than that, the American is perfect: Sealed, impervious, and expert, with a focus so narrow it is defined only by his skills and his master. Here is a gripping film with the focus of a Japanese drama, an impenetrabl