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Kill List (2011) N
Two friends and former army buddies, Jay and Gal, are working as hitmen. Last job was eight months ago and something went wrong. Marital and financial issues force Jay to accept Gal's offer for a new job. But is he ready and what's the job really about.
I liked how Kill List build its atmosphere changing gradually from a crime film to horror. The horror aesthetics are there from the start but in the beginning they feel out of place (eventually in a good way). It's dark and brutal film that just plunges its characters into a downward spiral towards the abyss. In other words it's my kind of film... well, partially anyways.
I've complained about ambiguity before so this shouldn't surprise anyone who's read my reviews before. Kill List has the worst type of ambiguity meaning that I get the impression that the filmmaker doesn't know what (or why) is happening and uses the ambiguity as a cop-out. It's a real shame because the build-up all the way up to (and including) the end is good but the film just cuts short like a cliffhanger in a serial.
Lead actors (including Shel) are good but some of the supports are not (like the priest). The more mundane scenes especially early in the film are somewhat ugly but on the other hand there's nice contrast between the more visual stuff towards the end. Soundtrack is great (it's not very unique though). It's been two days since I saw this and I'm still not sure about the rating.
Two friends and former army buddies, Jay and Gal, are working as hitmen. Last job was eight months ago and something went wrong. Marital and financial issues force Jay to accept Gal's offer for a new job. But is he ready and what's the job really about.
I liked how Kill List build its atmosphere changing gradually from a crime film to horror. The horror aesthetics are there from the start but in the beginning they feel out of place (eventually in a good way). It's dark and brutal film that just plunges its characters into a downward spiral towards the abyss. In other words it's my kind of film... well, partially anyways.
I've complained about ambiguity before so this shouldn't surprise anyone who's read my reviews before. Kill List has the worst type of ambiguity meaning that I get the impression that the filmmaker doesn't know what (or why) is happening and uses the ambiguity as a cop-out. It's a real shame because the build-up all the way up to (and including) the end is good but the film just cuts short like a cliffhanger in a serial.
Lead actors (including Shel) are good but some of the supports are not (like the priest). The more mundane scenes especially early in the film are somewhat ugly but on the other hand there's nice contrast between the more visual stuff towards the end. Soundtrack is great (it's not very unique though). It's been two days since I saw this and I'm still not sure about the rating.