My assessment of R-rated British horror-thriller Kill List, an attempt at blending an ultra-violent hit-man thriller with suburban drama and The Wicker Man-style horror, is up at SBS Film.
Extract:
"It takes ambition to try to convincingly blend two genres, let alone three (social drama, crime thriller and horror). Unfortunately, it also takes the kind of craft skill and ingenuity that Ben Wheatley, the film’s director and co-writer, and his screenwriting partner, Amy Jump, fail to display. Instead, they deliver a film in which each of the three acts inhabits a different genre. That’s not a blend. It’s a list. But at least the film is well named."
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