He Let the MOB Use His Store… Until He Finds His Name on Their HIT LIST

What happens when a mild-mannered London tailor operating in 1950s Chicago becomes the only man standing between mobsters and a deadly FBI recording? The Outfit (2022) is a masterfully crafted psychological thriller directed by Graham Moore. The story follows Leonard Burling, an English cutter who runs a tailor shop in Chicago, whose primary customers are a family of vicious gangsters. In 1956 Chicago, Roy Boyle's son Richie and his chief enforcer Francis use Leonard's shop as a stash house for dirty money.

Is The Outfit based on a true story? No—it's fictional, though it channels classic noir thrillers with precision. One night, Francis shows up at the shop with Richie, who's been shot in the abdomen after a confrontation with the rival LaFontaine family. Leonard is forced at gunpoint to treat Richie's wounds and hide a briefcase containing a copy of an FBI recording with detailed information on the crew's operations. The story cleverly unfolds like a stage play in one location over a single deadly night.

In this recap, we'll see how Leonard uses psychological manipulation to turn the mobsters against each other. Leonard suggests to Richie that Francis is the rat. When Francis returns, Richie threatens him, and Francis kills Richie in self-defense. As bodies pile up and betrayals multiply, the truth emerges: Leonard has been deceiving the Boyles by planting fake messages from The Outfit, and the recording captures enough information to convict any remaining Boyles. Leonard reveals he used to be a gang enforcer but fled when his old gang burned down his shop, killing his wife and daughter. The journey culminates in a chess game where the quiet tailor proves the deadliest piece on the board.

With Mark Rylance's mesmerizing performance and Alexandre Desplat's tense score, The Outfit is a brilliantly constructed thriller proving that the sharpest weapon isn't always a gun—sometimes it's a needle and thread.

🎬 Movie name: The Outfit (2022)
🤝 Cast: Mark Rylance as Leonard Burling
Zoey Deutch as Mable
Dylan O'Brien as Richie Boyle
Johnny Flynn as Francis
Simon Russell Beale as Roy Boyle
Nikki Amuka-Bird as Violet LaFontaine

Directed by: Graham Moore

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