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Kill Switch

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Kill Switch

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Released Jun 16, 2017

1h 31m

Sci-Fi

Action

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A military experiment to harness unlimited energy goes horribly awry, leaving a pilot with no choice but to fight through an imploding world to save his family and the planet itself.

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

The worst kind of science-fiction film: the kind that coasts on a central gimmick instead of delivering either visceral or intellectual thrills.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 16, 2017

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Imagining the imminent end of the world has been boring for years now in movies, and the low-budget sci-fi thriller "Kill Switch" is no exception.

Jun 15, 2017

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

A pointless gush of science-fiction bilge.

Jun 15, 2017

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

Stevens and the other actors are quite good, but the film doesn't quite match their abilities.

May 8, 2020

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

The parallel world created in Kill Switch may not be devoid of life, but it might as well be.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 20, 2019

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Elias Savada

Film International

There is something fascinating in this film, but it can't make up for all that's wrong with it.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 4, 2018

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Rick O

Color me confused. I understand dropping into the middle of an folding story but this was a middle. A little explanation, unneeded plot complication. Look, I knew, when the opening scene was a little kid, the story was in trouble. A lot of it felt like "build your own ending" ... interesting premise, all over the place, little context. Not worth trying to unwind the tangled skein, Felt like a good miss

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/25

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Greg H

It plays like a video game as stated, but personally found it fairly original. Only thing though, no corporation would build or buy weaponry with such lousy accuracy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/09/25

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Patrick M

first two minutes, this looks good. then 5min in...forget it! its all over the place, clumsy and its concept and characters frankly are stupid

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/02/23

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Spikecat

It's an epic film, with a great plot and cast!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/11/23

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A1985BP A

Interesting story, a good idea, well made but not without mistakes. but the plot of the movie compensates for some of the visual experience.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Tutto è estremamente confusionario ed è presente una serie di elementi che non sono spiegati e che vengono gettati nella mischia solo per creare confusione. Non c'è un solo secondo in cui la trama ed i personaggi siano chiari, e a rendere tutto ancor più difficile c'è lo svolgimento su due diverse linee temporali (assolutamente non necessario). Eppure sicuramente vanno premiati gli ottimi effetti speciali realizzati, piuttosto originali e molto ben eseguiti; e la coraggiosa scelta di svolgere la quasi totalità del film in prima persona, in stile videogame; tentativo poco cinematografico ma sicuramente apprezzabile una tantum.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Synopsis

A military experiment to harness unlimited energy goes horribly awry, leaving a pilot with no choice but to fight through an imploding world to save his family and the planet itself.

Director: Tim Smit
Producer: Aaron Ryder, Sander Verdonk, Denis Wigman
Screenwriter: Charlie Kindinger, Omid Nooshin
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: SquareOne Entertainment, FilmNation Entertainment, RainMaker Films, CTM Productions BV
Rating: R (Language and Some Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 16, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 31m

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