Michael Fassbender, it’s been a minute. We haven’t seen the once-up-and-coming next big thing in a movie since 2019’s Dark Phoenix or anything good since 2017’s Alien: Covenant, it’s been over a decade since his incredible back-to-back-to-back collaborations with director Steve McQueen (Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave). Fassbender seems to deliver his best performances when coupled with an established director. His portrayal as the lead in David Fincher’s (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network) fantastic assassin-for-hire The Killer is another example of proof.