Kill List

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  • Opened February 3, 2012 
  • 1 hr 35 min
  • NR
  • Eight months after a botched job in Kiev, Jay (Neil Maskell) is an out-of-work hit man with no job, money, health insurance and a wife constantly on his case. But when his business partner Gal (Michael Smiley, BURKE AND HARE, DOWN TERRACE) comes over for dinner and pressures Jay into taking a new assignment, Jay quickly finds himself back in the game with the promise of a big payoff after three assassinations. Although the hits start off without incident, soon things begin to unravel and Jay's paranoia reveals itself as he is plunged into the heart of darkness. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, MyAnna Buring, Emma Fryer, Harry Simpson, Struan Rodger
  • Director: Ben Wheatley
  • Genres: Suspense/Thriller

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Fan Reviews

So-so
Not what we expected, very twisted

by moviesharp

A very good performance by the lead actor as a post-Iraq contract killer going off the rails. Very slow beginning, with too many innuendos and loose ends, and dialogue was hard to hear. Brutal...

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Pointless

by 12345fandango

I seen this at a friends house (streaming off the internet) while I enjoy horror-esque type of movies. I found this movie to be pointless and a waist of time. Nothing seemed to connect. The dialog was...

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Critic Reviews

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Miami Herald
| Rene Rodriguez

One of the scariest films I've seen in ages, although I cannot in all honesty explain exactly what the movie is about. Read full review

80
The Hollywood Reporter
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Director-screenwriter Ben Wheatley brings a fresh mystery and bite to the hitman genre, although a deeply weird twist and buckets of gore may throw more than a few audience members. Read full review

75
Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

A scuzzy little cross between a crime movie and a horror freak-out that gets under your skin and stays there, even if you can't understand half of what the characters are saying. Read full review

75
San Francisco Chronicle
| Peter Hartlaub

Kill List has a slow build, but don't be lulled into complacency. This is one of the most violent and disturbing films you'll see in an art house. Read full review

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Michael Smiley as Gal and Neil Maskell as Jay in "Kill List."