Kill List

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KILL LIST is a mind-blowing genre concoction being called the "#1 Horror Film of the Year", a brilliant blend of family drama, hitman action-thriller and terrifying psychological horror film. When a scarred ex-soldier turned contract killer is pressured into taking a new job, his world begins to unravel until fear ... and paranoia sending him reeling towards a horrifying point of no return.
  • Starring: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring
  • Directed by: Ben Wheatley
  • Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
  • Release year: 2012
  • Studio: IFC Films
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Synopsis: KILL LIST is a mind-blowing genre concoction being called the "#1 Horror Film of the Year", a brilliant blend of family drama, hitman action-thriller and terrifying psychological horror film. When a scarred ex-soldier turned contract killer is pressured into taking a new job, his world begins to unravel until fear and paranoia sending him reeling towards a horrifying point of no return.
Starring: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring
Supporting actors: Harry Simpson
Directed by: Ben Wheatley
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
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Release year: 2012
Studio: IFC Films
ASIN: B006TA764S (Rental) and B008XFANRO (Purchase)
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  • US Theatrical Release Date: Feburary 03, 2012
  • Production Company: Warp X, Rook Films
  • Filming Locations: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Clever or incoherent? February 7, 2012
By Rain King
Format:Amazon Instant Video
I saw a screening of this last night and was very impressed. While some other reviewers here have criticized the pacing, I didn't have a problem with it. As long as I'm into the characters, I don't mind how long a story takes to unfold, and I was engrossed by the people in this film.

It's something of a hybrid film, a gritty British gangster movie that slowly morphs into something more horrific. Nearly every element of the production is fantastic, from the acting to the score to the cinematography. It is shockingly violent at times, at other moments thrilling, and, surprisingly, quite funny upon occasion.

What gives me pause is the writing. It isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination: the characters are fully fleshed out, the story is compelling, and everything moves along nicely. Where the trouble comes is in the ending. You might have heard some buzz about it being a shocker, and it sort of was. Part of the reason for that, though, is because it receives the faintest wisp of a set up in all the story's prior events. While I certainly felt the movie was building up to something akin to what the ending was, and I recognized moments when clues were being dropped, I was never able to put them together.

As the credits rolled, I wished the theater would start the film again from the beginning, so that I could apply my newfound knowledge to the same scenes I had just witnessed and possibly make more sense of the whole thing. I believe a second viewing would help me answer the question:

Was this film pretty great? A nasty little genre thriller, clever in how it sets itself up, never holding the audience's hand too tightly? Or was it a noble failure, a movie with many great qualities taken on their own but which fail to add up to a satisfying whole because of an underwritten story?

I strongly recommend giving Kill List a shot. It's a captivating movie, regardless of how you feel about how it wraps up. I will certainly be paying attention to Ben Wheatley's future endeavors after viewing the talent on display in this film.
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3.0 out of 5 stars 3 1/2 stars for something different February 23, 2013
By M. Oleson
Format:DVD
In all honesty I didn't know what I was getting myself into with this British film directed by Ben Wheatley. I almost pulled the plug as the first act seemed to drone on endlessly with no point. In addition, although I'm no newcomer to various English accents coming out of the U. K., no matter how loud I turned up the sound, I couldn't comprehend what half the words were. So my fellow Americans, my advice is go ahead and put on the English subtitles, shift gears and hang on for one of the most head-scratching films you'll see.

The movie evolves from a domestic squabble between Shel (MyAnna Buring), a former Swedish soldier and Jay (Neil Maskell), a temporarily unemployed killer-for-hire. After a job went south in Russia, Jay's nerves are a bit shaky but his partner in crime, Gal (Michael Smiley), convinces him it's time to get back in the game. They do and their targets are focused on a priest and likely pedophile and a porn distributor.

At this stage we're not too concerned about their fate. They deserve what they get. Yet something is amiss. They thank Jay before their demise. Events become more and more unsettling as their search for their targets drives them into areas they (and I) didn't see coming. The occult and Satanism show their faces. As the movie shifts into high gear, it also changes tone, now entering some scary and gory horror. And Wheatley and his writing partner, Amy Jump, don't pull their punches. I'm still trying to figure out what I just saw. I suspect you might too.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Bad People Should Suffer February 4, 2012
By Tommy D TOP 1000 REVIEWER
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This is an independent horror drama from director and writer Ben Wheatley who has worked with comedians Steve Coogan and Jonny Vegas in the past, but this one does not have a foot in the realm of comedy. It is about two old army buddies, who decided to become hit men after their country no longer needed them. We join Jay (Neil Marshall) a year after a bungled job in Kiev. His acerbic wife Shell (played with brilliant complexity by MyAnna Buring) tells him all their money is gone, as he has not done any `work' for a year. He meanwhile only wants to cure his back in their hot tub; she insists he is making it all up and there is nothing wrong with him.

Then his old mucker turns up, Gal (Michael Smiley). They are having a dinner party and Gal has brought his latest flame Fiona, a mysterious one indeed who seems to enjoy pentangle like symbols. Well after a mass row, Gal invites Jay to go back to work. They agree and set off to meet their client. He gives them a hit list that includes a priest a librarian and an MP. They are not told their crimes and so Jay lets his imagination fill in the blanks. He is still traumatised from past experiences and seems to find some form of mental rehabilitation through inflicting violence. This he goes at with some very worrying gusto indeed.

What unfolds gets darker and darker as the violence escalates and things are seen in their true light. This is one from the school of seventies horror with a sort of cross between the classic `The Wicker Man'and Peter Fonda's lost classic `Race with the Devil' . There is plenty of disturbing violence, language that a docker would baulk at and some brilliantly tense scenes. The soundtrack works too, even though at first I felt it was trying to be too spooky with echoey voices all over the place. By the end you will not notice as everything coalesces to a climax that kept me guessing.

Not a straight forward horror as there is a lot of life drama too and some exploration of the mental luggage that people acquire who have been in stressful situations. All of the acting was above par and a lot is left unexplained, in that you automatically fill in the gaps. I actually thought this was really good. Also a note on funding, this was a collaboration with the UK Film Council and Channel 4 who should be praised for their involvement, it's a shame the Council is being abolished. If you like the new wave of Brit horrors then this is up there with the better ones.
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3.0 out of 5 stars I wish I could remember more about it
I do remember commenting at its end that it was a decent watch. Obviously, once is enough. So enough said.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
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