First Kill

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First Kill

R

Released Jul 21, 2017

1h 37m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Trying to reconnect with his son Danny, big shot Wall Street broker Will takes his family on a hunting trip to the cabin where he grew up. The trip takes a deadly turn when they go hunting and stumble upon several robbers and witness the murder of one of the criminals. After becoming entangled in a bank heist gone bad, which results in the kidnapping of Danny, Will is forced to help the kidnappers evade the police chief and recover the stolen loot in exchange for his son's life.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

"First Kill" is a clunker; its first and only casualty is the audience's common sense.

Rated: D

Jul 22, 2017

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Peter Debruge

Variety

Bruce Willis goes bad in a movie that could hardly be mistaken for good, playing a corrupt police chief mixed up in a bank robbery.

Jul 22, 2017

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Get the 8-ounce Pinot Noir, settle in and have some mindless fun.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 21, 2017

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

The set-up promises a lean slice of genre filmmaking. Unfortunately, the plot is overstretched and overwrought, with director Steven C Miller taking time out from the action to hit us in the face with symbolism and irony.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 16, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Fans of solid crime thrillers will likely enjoy the film.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 7, 2020

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

Willis pretty much phones it in as the police chief...

Rated: 2/4

Aug 28, 2020

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Joshua m

Even among Bruce Willis' direct to videos, this is one of the worst.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/25

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Steve D

Predictable film cashing in on Bruce's name.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/02/23

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Roger L

It's hard to believe in anything in this story. On top of that there is poor acting by all participants. I think that the best actor in this movie is the the deer that almost was shot in the beginning.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/04/23

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Audience Member

Il ritorno al cinema di Hayden Christensen dopo anni di anonimato si palesa con un film di azione che sembra vecchio di 20 anni in ogni suo aspetto. La trama è inverosimile, piena di elementi poco credibili e raffazzonati con delle coincidenze a dir poco comiche. Bruce Willis in una parte da villain che interpreta in maniera mono espressiva per staccare l'assegno. La sequenza finale riassume tutti i difetti nel film con una situazione vista migliaia di volte ed ogni volta sempre più artificiale.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

First episode was almost interesting but they imediately dropped the queality of show with pointless wasting of time and not moving forward with any plot and awfull writing and acting.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

The movie was ok. Liked Bruce Willis's acting.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Trying to reconnect with his son Danny, big shot Wall Street broker Will takes his family on a hunting trip to the cabin where he grew up. The trip takes a deadly turn when they go hunting and stumble upon several robbers and witness the murder of one of the criminals. After becoming entangled in a bank heist gone bad, which results in the kidnapping of Danny, Will is forced to help the kidnappers evade the police chief and recover the stolen loot in exchange for his son's life.

Director: Steven C. Miller
Producer: Randall Emmett, George Furla, Mark Stewart
Screenwriter: Nick Gordon
Distributor: Lionsgate Premiere
Production Co: Brookstreet Pictures, Highland Film Group
Rating: R (Violence and Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 21, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2017
Runtime: 1h 37m

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