Kill list

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Movie
German title Kill list
Original title Kill list
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 2011
length 92 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Ben Wheatley
script Amy Jump
Ben Wheatley
production Claire Jones
Andrew Strong
Barry Ryan
music Jim Williams
camera Laurie Rose
cut Robin Hill
occupation

Kill List is a British horror - thriller from the year 2011 to director Ben Wheatley .

action

Jay and Gal are former soldiers who have been contract killers since they left the military. Jay still suffers from an unspecified disastrous mission to Kiev . Despite his wife Shel's urging, he has not worked since and they are running out of money. Shel throws a party to which she invites Gal and his new girlfriend Fiona, a human resources manager. During the evening Gal reveals that he has a new job for her; Shel encourages Jay to take it on. Meanwhile, Fiona goes to the bathroom, scratches a symbol on the back of the bathroom mirror, and picks up a handkerchief Jay used to wipe up his blood after a shaving injury. After Jay accepts the job, he and Gal meet the client, who has a list of three people to be killed. The client, surprisingly, cuts into Jay's hand and his own, so that the contract is effectively signed in blood.

Their first target, a priest, appears to recognize Jay and thank him before they kill him. The second person on the list is an archivist who holds a collection of horrific, disgusting videos. He also thanks Jay, who, out of disgust for the videos, tortures him and brutally kills him with a hammer. Jay insists on finding the archivist's staff and killing them. When Gal searches their files, he finds a folder on himself and Jay, including details of their mission in Kiev. Although they don't recognize it, the file contains the symbol Fiona scratched in Jay's mirror.

Gal informs Jay that he had taken enough money from the archivist to cover the total amount they would receive for the assignment. The two decide to return home. When Jay's cut becomes infected, he visits his doctor, only to find that his regular doctor has been replaced with someone else who only gives him cryptic advice. Jay and Gal return to their client and offer to find replacement killers for the last name on the list. The client refuses, however, and threatens to have the two killers and their families killed if they do not eliminate the last person. Shel brings her son Sam to her family home for protection while Jay and Gal go back to their work.

Your final destination is a member of the European Parliament . As they watch his house, they witness a strange ceremony in the woods that culminates in human sacrifice. Jay opens fire with an assault rifle, and the leader of the ceremony presents himself ready for Jay to execute him. The rest of the masked followers chase the killers into an underground facility, where Gal is eviscerated and Jay is thus forced to give his friend the coup de grace. Jay escapes to the family home and runs into Shel there. When he goes outside, he sees that their car's tires have been slashed and torches have been placed around the nearby field. Jay tries to track down the attackers but is knocked unconscious. Meanwhile, Shel arms himself and shoots several intruders.

Jay wakes up in the field, surrounded by the masked cult members who strip him and put a mask on him. He is confronted with his last victim, the "bell ringer", a masked and veiled person who is armed with a knife. After a brutal fight, Jay emerges victorious only to discover that the "bell ringer" was his wife, with Sam strapped to her back. Shel seems to be smiling as she dies. The members applaud and remove their masks, including Fiona, the client and the man from the doctor's office. Jay is crowned.

Awards

Michael Smiley won the 2011 British Independent Film Award in the category Best Supporting Actor , MyAnna Buring was in the same year at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival as Best Actress Award. The film was named Best Horror Film at the 2012 Empire Awards .

Reviews

On Rotten Tomatoes , 76% of 84 rated reviews were positive. The bottom line is: " Kill List is a masterfully executed, seething crime thriller that thrives on tension until it turns into body horror."

The lexicon of international films saw an “unusual, rough thriller with horror elements, which gives depth to its black humor story about male friendship, self-discovery, violence and domestic problems.” Cinema found the “brutality suddenly interspersed “Reminds of David Cronenberg's violence study“ A History of Violence ”in its urgency “, even though the film “a little more speed would not have harmed the film, especially at the beginning”. Martin Gobbin described Kill List on critc.de as a "confusing" film, which at the beginning succeeded in the "decelerated character and relationship study" "confidently". This would be contrasted with the “showmanship of the last quarter of an hour” with “plagiarized images”. Lida Bach wrote on negativ-film.de that Kill List “[b] is for the ambiguous finale” is careful not to dissolve the “air of the demonic”. The main character, who appears to be “pathetic in his inner despair” and “repulsive in his cruelty”, gives evil “an irritating human face”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Kill List . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2012 (PDF; test number: 130 988 V).
  2. ^ Awards for Kill List
  3. ↑ Kill List on Rotten Tomatoes
  4. ↑ Kill List. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 6, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  5. ↑ Kill List on cinema.de
  6. ↑ a b Kill List on critic.de
  7. ↑ a b Kill List on negativ-film.de