Waz

R

2007

1 hr. 44 min.

Crime

Drama

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

List

67%

15 Reviews

Tomatometer

36%

2,500+ Ratings

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A killer coerces a detective to pay for his past mistakes.

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Alex C

Boring, lacks a story. The acting was really good, overall not great.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/10/23

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If you watch carefully and notice Mr Skaarsgards facial expressions this film is not hard to follow or understand. basically a revenge film and I love that genre. good story good acting, just a bit dark( as in lighting) which can be annoying.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Slow-burner. Got to read some of my favourite book but as it got into it I stalled. Stereo-types and anti-stereotypes?! Hmm.. would I watch it again.. maybe, depends on if there are any really good films there are out there. But still an ok film for that. Lead did make me look up other suitable (action-ish) titles to check out, so heh, not all bad. Brave for lead to ?bare? all. Don't know why it only got 36% audience rating, it was worth more than that. Soooo critical!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

Low budgetbut good mysterymovie if you can hike the brightness up

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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steve d

Kind of a poor man's Saw with better actors and even less plot.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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laurie s

I didn't have a clue what was going on half the time and I suspect nor did the police but it was captivating mostly by the performance of Skarsgård, who always puts on a good one with his compelling stares, plus George's protruding teeth. Some of the dialogue was incomprehensible so the sound engineer wasn't doing their job properly. But overall it was quite a good movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Tom Shankland

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Stellan Skarsgård

Eddie Argo

Melissa George

Helen Westcott

Selma Blair

Jean Lerner

Ashley Walters

Daniel Leone

John Sharian

Jack Corelli

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Think of Saw and multiply it by Seven.

Feb 22, 2008

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David Gritten

Daily Telegraph (UK)

A little too close to torture-porn for most tastes, but debutant director Tom Shankland shows promise.

Feb 22, 2008

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This serial-killer horror is a knockoff of the now seriously knackered Saw franchise.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 22, 2008

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Toni Vall

Cinemanía (Spain)

[An] inexplicable climax. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 2/5

Nov 3, 2020

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Lucius Gore

ESplatter

'The Killing Gene' feels like a film that was trying to be something else -- maybe a dark and bloody episode of 'The Wire.'

Rated: 2/4

Aug 10, 2008

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Mark Samuels

Total Film

Ugly to look at and nasty in the extreme, this British-made flick should please genre fans with its icky body horror. Beneath the surface gore, there's a healthy amount of psychological intensity for such a seemingly hackneyed Fincher clone.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 22, 2008

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Synopsis

A killer coerces a detective to pay for his past mistakes.

Director: Tom Shankland
Executive Producer: Duncan Reid
Screenwriter: Clive Bradley
Production Co: Vertigo Films
Rating: R (Rape|Pervasive Language|Gruesome Images|Strong Brutal Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 28, 2021

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