The Killing Gene

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Ian H Darkly entertaining with some genuinely horrible moments Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/31/25 Full Review Andy B This is a detective thriller along the lines of Seven with some elements of Saw thrown in. But it isn't anywhere near as good as either. The acting is generally good - although Tom Hardy mumbles his lines to the point where subtitles are needed. The issue here is the plot, the characterisation and the piling of cliche on top of cliche. Why write a detective thriller if you don't know how the police work? Why write people in such a cliched way that they are two dimensional? Why waste some good actors on a plot that is so predictable that you know what will happen at the end within about 30 minutes? There is a good film here fighting to get out. But whoever wrote it has clearly learnt everything they know from 1970s cop shows. The female detective is patronised, abused and sexually harassed at work - and puts up with it in a way that would never be accepted in the 2000s.. The police consistently act stupidly and do ridiculous things just to move the plot forward. Worst of all is the completely 2D nature of all the characters. They are badly drawn and leave the actors with very little to work with. It's worth noting, by the way, that all of the police are corrupt - even the female detective who very quickly ignores everything that is going on and jumps on the bandwagon. The writer also grabs every cliche they can - especially in the portrayal of the gang members. This smacks of a film shoved together to try and cash in on the success of other, better films. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/06/24 Full Review Alex C Boring, lacks a story. The acting was really good, overall not great. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/10/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Low budgetbut good mysterymovie if you can hike the brightness up Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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