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Events take a darker turn as a contract killer (Neil Maskell) and his business partner (Michael Smiley) carry out a new assignment.

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Kill List is an expertly executed slow-burn crime thriller that thrives on tension before morphing into visceral horror.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 05/28/2015
3/5
Wheatly aims for something like moral complexity by having one of the killers believe in God and the other aspire to be a good husband and father, but once the graphic violence starts, it upstages everything else. Go to Full Review
Andrew Barker Variety 01/08/2013
Displaying both a nasty edge and a playful sense of humor -- but thankfully, never at the same time -- Brit import Kill List is several cuts above its fellow midbudget horror brethren. Go to Full Review
John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter 01/08/2013
Deeply edgy, gory crime film maintains perfectly calibrated tension before dropping a bombshell that will be too much for some viewers. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 9
4/5
A growing sense of dread and unease fully pays off in frightening and unexpected ways, making for a seminal entry in the world of folk horror. Go to Full Review
Michael Leader Den of Geek 05/07/2024
4/5
Some may be frustrated by the coyness of the narrative, which prefers to leave integral storytelling threads up to the viewer’s imagination, but that is all part of the fun... Go to Full Review
Justin Harrison The Spool 08/08/2023
Kill List is, by design, an extremely disturbing film. Go to Full Review
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Kaylee D @RT99423096 51m What are people seeing that I'm missing? I made a rotten tomatoes account just to rate this movie, Wtf did I watch. This movie has 0 plot, none of the movie flowed, or made any sense, they used the same very overused "scary track" all low budget movies use it drove me insane. A cult? Ghosts? All of the above? There's no briefing on why these people are getting killed, we just know the plot points because of the GIANT lettering before each hit? Thank God for that I wouldn't have known what was going on at all, All the "cult members" sound like squealing pigs, there was 0 suspense, it's not even a slow burn, it wasnt even smoldering. The twist was predictable because every cult movie is is literally the same, This movie is/was/will forever be terrible. Acting was stiff non fluid. I mean. I did watch lawless before this movie and there no competition really. You want a suspenseful, fantastic movie watch that, don't watch this. See more Luna D. @moonslvt Mar 2 One of the best movies I’ve seen in the modern age. Think Wicker Man meets any hit man movie ever. It’s psychological, it’s visceral, it’s … more than you think it is. Rewatch it at least once. Clock the friend’s girlfriend. Clock the victims. Clock the witnesses. Everything matters. See more John H @Cleverman Feb 25 I loved the film. Gritty, unpredictable (unlike almost all films out of Hollywood), and gripping. Just one thing I want to enlighten you about regarding the build up to the final minutes... Nah it doesn't matter, I don't want to ruin it for you all. I'll just say that when Shel's home is being attacked she is desperate, and goes into a bedroom and fires 2 shots yet we never see who she shot/killed. Juxtapose that scene with the ending. See more Brian J @brian14 Jan 8 I'm just over movies that simply end with no closure to the events or finding out what was going on. Waste of time watching these things. See more Ricardo d @RT43154676 Dec 19 O que tem de bom, são cenas do cotidiano familiar, os dramas. A iluminação também tem seu charme. A história condutora é interessante, mas ai começa os problemas. Não é explicado realmente que seita é essa, por que o amigo encontra coisas sobre ela e não fala nada, ele sabia? O que o símbolo que fazem no espelho significa? Por que as pessoas agradeciam em serem mortas? Como sequestraram a mulher e a criança? A mulher sabia? A reação dele era de ter gostado? O que o tráfico de vídeos tem a ver com tudo isso? Enfim, as cenas soltas são interessantes, mas que não se conectam de forma satisfatória. See more Gabriel T @GabrielFagundes Oct 28 It isn't bad, but it didn't work for me. I'm not a fan of action movies because the main characters are often a bit of a psycho (like those ones) See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Events take a darker turn as a contract killer (Neil Maskell) and his business partner (Michael Smiley) carry out a new assignment.
Director
Ben Wheatley
Screenwriter
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Warp X, Rook Films
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 3, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$26.3K
Runtime
1h 34m
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