Jon Watts wrote and directed this crime thriller with buddy overtones that shines with the banter and chemistry with its two stars, George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

The two leading men play fixers who are summoned to a hotel, Margaret’s (Amy Ryan, who I always delight in seeing, she’s wonderful) Man (Clooney) is summoned by Margaret to deal with a body in her hotel room. She’s a powerful player, her ads can be seen throughout the film, and she can’t be tied to this problem.

The hotel’s owner, Pam (an unseen Frances McDormand) calls their own man. Pam’s Man (Pitt) is less than thrilled to find the other fixer already on site, and neither is happy to learn that they will have to work together to deal with the body.

But wait a minute… what if this Kid (Austin Abrams) isn’t really dead after all? And from there, the night spirals into confluences of violence, banter and eventually truth.

Much like the Oceans films, you just want to hang with Clooney and Pitt. You want the banter, whether they pretend to hate each other or not. They’re fun to watch, they’re charming, and it’s fun to see how much their characters have in common as they begin to realize they know all the same people in thee business, and become aware of the things the other has done.

Abram makes a great third wheel in this. He’s the audience member who is overreacting, and reacting to being in the situation, and dealing with this ultra-cool pair.

But it’s a dark world these Wolfs operate in. You can’t trust anyone, and everyone seems to be out for themselves alone. And with the Kid being alive, that causes a whole new set of problems, not to mention the drugs that are in his possession.

Dark, and funny, Clooney and Pitt are a delight to watch, and there are some really fantastic needle drops throughout.

The plot rockets along, with our characters barely holding on until the final frames of the film, when the pair get a Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid moment delightfully engineered by Watts’ twisting and turning script.

I had a lot of fun this one. Sure it’s a lot of somber colors, lots of black, and all taking place at night, but damn if it doesn’t let the performances shine all the more. There’s a naturalness between the way Pitt and Clooney interact, and you just want to watch them play and chat, and if they get shot at along the way, so much the better.

Wolfs was a lot of fun.