Kill List
Artfully made and sensitively acted, this is a slippery, teasing thriller that trusts its audience to follow the kitchen-sink marital quarrels as closely as the things going bump in the night.
(...) One of the film's most squirm-inducing scenes occurs at the very beginning and involves nothing bloodier than a phenomenally uncomfortable dinner party. The hosts of this party are unemployed ex-soldier Jay and his Swedish wife, Shel, young parents whose money woes have pushed their marriage to the brink. Their guests are jocular Irishman Gal and his enigmatic new girlfriend, Fiona. (...) Gal finally corners Jay with a business proposition – three assassination contracts for the two of them to take on, offering a big payout. The two are former contract killers, a plot point dropped in as though it were a minor detail, and here the film makes the first of several tonal shifts (...).
(...) There's a particular well-served subset of horror fans who seek out and snicker through scenes of ultraviolent torture, and Wheatley seems intent on making that laughter die in their throats.
Andrew Parker, Variety
Duration: 90 min
Dialogue: English
Subtitles: English
Age limit: K18
