Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
Movie Info
Movie Info
From director Ben Wheatley, Kill List is a mind-blowing genre concoction being called the "#1 Horror Film of the Year" (Bloody-Disgusting). A brilliant blend of family drama, hitman action-thriller and terrifying psychological horror film, Kill List tells the story of an ex-soldier turned contract killer who is plunged into the heart of human darkness. Eight months after a disastrous hit job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, Jay (Neil Maskell) is pressured by his partner Gal (Michael Smiley), into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the bizarre, disturbing world of the contract, Jay's world begins to unravel until fear and paranoia sending him reeling towards a horrifying point of no return
Director: Ben Wheatley
Writers: Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump
Stars: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring and Harry Simpson
Genres: Crime | Horror | Thriller
Details
Official Sites: Official site
Country: UK
Language: English | Swedish (a few lines)
Release Date: 2 September 2011
(UK)
Also Known As: Lista za odstrel
Filming Locations: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Budget:
£500,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$9,838 (USA) (5 February 2012) (2 Screens)
Gross:
$26,297 (USA) (4 March 2012)
Technical Specs
Runtime: 95 min
Color: Color
Awards:
| British Independent Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Won | British Independent Film Award | Best Supporting ActorMichael Smiley |
| Nominated | British Independent Film Award | Best Achievement in Production | |
| Best ActorNeil Maskell | |||
| Best ActressMyAnna Buring | |||
| Best DirectorBen Wheatley | |||
| Best Screenplay Ben Wheatley Amy Jump | |||
| Empire Awards, UK | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Won | Empire Award | Best Horror |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Nominated | Evening Standard British Film Award | Best Screenplay Amy Jump Ben Wheatley |
| London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2012 | Nominated | ALFS Award | British Film of the Year |
| Supporting Actor of the Year Michael Smiley | |||
| Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2011 | Won | Best Actress | MyAnna Buring |
| Nominated | Best of Puchon | Ben Wheatley | |
| Directed by | Ben Wheatley |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Claire Jones Andy Starke |
| Written by | Ben WheatleyAmy Jump |
| Starring | Neil Maskell Michael Smiley MyAnna Buring Emma Fryer |
| Music by | Jim Williams |
| Cinematography | Laurie Rose |
| Editing by | Ben Wheatley Robin Hill Amy Jump |
| Studio | Rook FilmsWarp X Film4 Productions Screen Yorkshire UK Film Council |
| Distributed by | Optimum Releasing (UK)IFC Midnight (US) |
| Release date(s) |
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| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £500,000 |
Release Information
Sep 2, 2011 Wide
Dec 26, 2011
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Reviews:
"Kill List" didn't have very positive reviews with only just over half of 'Roten Tomatoes' users liking the film. Considering that Ben Weatley's film debut 'Down Terrance' was praised by critics, they didn't seem to think that this was very good. Maybe it is the outrageously ridiculous story line? Perhaps the blood and gore seems to be too much to handle? Either way, it wasn't the best film that they have ever reviewed. Not by a long shot.
"Kill List" didn't have very positive reviews with only just over half of 'Roten Tomatoes' users liking the film. Considering that Ben Weatley's film debut 'Down Terrance' was praised by critics, they didn't seem to think that this was very good. Maybe it is the outrageously ridiculous story line? Perhaps the blood and gore seems to be too much to handle? Either way, it wasn't the best film that they have ever reviewed. Not by a long shot.
Rotten Tomatoes
All CriticsAverage Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 81
Fresh: 61 | Rotten: 20
Audience:
56% liked it
Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 6,427
Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 6,427
"Kill List" begins with verbal violence at a dinner table, continues with actual violence in a hit-man scenario and concludes with metaphysical violence that threatens to decapitate the movie itself. It's baffling and goofy, blood-soaked and not boring. That it's well-made adds to the confusion; it feels like a better film than it turns out to be.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Top Critic
Following up his impressive 2010 debut, “Down Terrace,” with something altogether more implacable and strange, the British director Ben Wheatley has gained confidence in his handling of male violence and domestic distress. That assured style is the spackle that holds “Kill List” together: when the plot doglegs into insanity, and the characters follow suit, this brutal fever dream refuses to fall apart.
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com
Top Critic
Writer-director Ben Wheatley served up one of last year’s punchiest British debuts with Down Terrace, the story of a common-or-garden Brighton crime family. With his second film, the joltingly scary Kill List, he plunges further into genre territory – but identifying exactly which genre we’re going to wind up in is half the challenge. The less you know in advance, the more potent the feeling of being shoved head-first down a rabbit hole. What’s waiting at the end isn’t a bunny – it’s hideous.
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
Top Critic
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