An unconventional, but remarkable movie. An instant classic!

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2010)

Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) is a Road Warrior. No, this does NOT mean he's going to be replacing Mel Gibson in the next Mad Max movie, also titled Road Warrior. No, it simply means he's payed to fire people, or as he puts it "I work for a company run by a bunch of Pussies who don't have the balls to sack their own employees." Unlike his family, Bingham doesn't believe that he is secluding himself from the world, but rather, surrounding himself with people.
When a recent college graduate named Natalie Keener (Anna Kendrick), persuades Craig Gregory (Jason Bateman), Bingham's employer, as well as all the other people who work with him, to do all the firing via computer, all the Hatchetmen, including Bingham, are grounded. Because she has eventually ruined his way of life, Bingham takes an instant dislike to Keener, but when Craig gives him the job of showing her the ropes, Bingham must learn to cope.
After Keener's boyfriend dumps her via text message while they're on the road, Bingham decides to be a bit nicer to Keener, eventually becoming one of her closer friends.
While Bingham is adjusting to having a traveling companion, he meets Alex (Vera Farmiga). Alex, who is also a hatchetman, and Ryan begin a strange relationship which comes crashing down in the film's conclusion.
While Ryan Bingham isn't the kind of guy that you'd normally like, you find yourself rooting for him, and the rest of the characters in the humanly real, and darkly funny film that plays almost like a documentary than a drama.
The film's conclusion isn't predictable, to say the least, but that's just how director Jason Rietman, who adapted the screenplay from Walter Kern's novel of the same name, wants it. And, while it isn't for everyone, if you like George Clooney, offbeat film, or Reitman's last directorial success Juno, this film is Definitely worth your time.