Great Kills

My first review. I saw this movie because I follow James Merendino on Facebook. I saw a trailer there and thought, meh. I don't always like his stuff. LIke his last movie was yikes. But, I watched the whole show last night in one go. It is fire. It's really dark and funny and very much worth the watch. Even the low budget feel works. It's a mockumentary like the Office, which I hate. But The acting is so real and also so hysterical. The guy who plays Tom the hit man is really amazing. I never saw him before, but he is top tier acting wise. And James is in it as the director. He's pretty damn funny and more or less how he is on his live streams. Like I said. Everyone is good accept a couple of the tiny roles, but they are gone quick and it didn't bother me. I'm bad at this. But I recommend it. I hate most things. I Love this one. (Either the numbers are off or there is an episode missing)

This show is hilarious by itself, but what's interesting and impressive about this series is how much of the humor is never even said but implied. First, the best joke of all is that a hitman would ever even agree to be in a documentary in the first place. There's a good blend of dry British style humor, absurdism, satire and full on next-level meta comedy.

What appear to be "problems" with production value are largely intentional, so don't get turned off until you see how its part of the joke. For instance the sound guy screwing up the shots (he's in almost every frame of the documentary in the first episode). It's almost like a blend of reality TV and the old exploitation films, where campiness is an integral part of the mix. However, to me it leaned a bit too much towards the latter in a few places, there are a few reactions to major events that were underacted in my opinion, and I think the kills could have been a bit more convincing. I'm fairly sure these were also part of the style and artistic direction, but I was personally hoping for something a little more dark.

Definitely one of the best shows available on the non-mainstream streaming platforms, the premise itself was brilliant and I was excited for over a year to finally see it, I'm glad to see it was pulled off very well. Check this one out for sure!

Someone Recommended me this show. I never heard of Tubi. It was free, so I watched Great Kills. It's a fake documentary like Trailer Park Boys I guess, but it's more realistic than most real documentaries. The main guy is badass and the whole thing is hysterical. But I like dark humor so the fact that it wasn't sappy compared to most things I see was lit. So yeah. I thought it was a tight show and I'm glad I watched it. Gonna watch the first episode or two with some friends on Sunday. Some boyz gotz to check this out.

Also, I thought Great Kills was a made up place. But it's real. You learn something new everyday.

That hitman was hilarious and this show has lots of dark humor, just the type of tubi content I like. I miss shows like this. It's fun, suspenseful and thrilling and a solid storyline that kept going till the end of all episodes. I'm usually skipping a lot of shows and can never get past the 5 minutes but this had me hooked right in the first few minutes. Yes it has it's flaws but given the budget and the cost it takes to make these tv shows it's an absolute watch from me. The way the story is told is unique also. It's like a documentary but really it's a crime horror type of series. Genius work, clever filmmaking. Watch and support!

Please, when is season 2 coming? I randomly found this on Tubi and to my surprise it was addictive. I've binge watched this 2 times in the past week and I wanted more. It's not over the top, done with the perfect amount of dark humor and crime/horror which really made it a solid series. Also from someone who has never been to New York and the fact that Great Kills is actually a neighborhood made it that more trippy. Genius filmmaking, other indie filmmakers need to take note - this is how you make a solid series. Good character development and the last episode really is a cliffhanger. Excellent.