Kill List

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Kill List

2012

1h 34m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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79%

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58%

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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.

Critics Consensus

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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Justin Harrison

The Spool

08/08/2023

Kill List is, by design, an extremely disturbing film.

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Gabriel T

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)

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Stoner J

@Stoner Jul 2

I love most this crime movie that turns into insane folk horror. As an American though, I couldn’t understand a good portion of their lingo throughout. And, although it’s not long, it takes way too long to get going. But overall, sweet movie, crazy twisted ending much like Midsommar.

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Julian H

Jan 10

A superb genre-bending nightmare.

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Camero W

11/08/2024

Absolute rubbish. This movie sucked so bad I can’t even believe that let this hit media at all. Made absolutely no fucking sense and the acting, plot, music, cinematography, etc was awful. 0/10. Major waste of time.

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Jay A

10/29/2024

This movie was a complete surprise, shocking ending. Superb.

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Christian K

@ckacar 10/01/2024

This was kind of all over the place pacing and tone wise, it does feature one of the wildest final 20 minutes ever which was cool.

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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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