68 Kill

A wonderful film full of energy, verve, humour and great characters. Despite the constant mayhem and fun Mr Haaga also manages to include some strong feminist commentary – love all of the gender reversal stuff – and a sub text about what the dollar is really all about, in both the title and the theme that all money has blood on it.

This film mixes a heady concoction of the best bits of Tarantino, Rob Zombie( not a lot of "best bits" to choose from I'll admit ) John Walters and Stuart Gordon but produces an original film that represents another step forward for the genre craftsman Mr Haaga to add to his excellent work on "Deadgirl" and "Cheap Thrills".

Love the direction, cinematography, script and soundtrack and the film feels very much a cohesive and satisfying whole. The performances are very strong – with Matthew Gray Gubler becoming the indie comedy thriller leading man of choice - a post John Waters era James Stewart "everyman" who you automatically like and want to succeed. AnnaLyne McCord gives another remarkable performance, proving that women can be incredibly strong and sexy without being exploited or reverting to a femme fatale stereotype. It's great that Ms McCord has opted for much edgier material than her earlier CV would have automatically lead to ( maybe as the young foil to Cameron Diaz in some lousy rom-com or some such?) She has a feline, reptilian beauty that is perfectly matched to the role she plays here ( she was also stunning in "Excision".) Who knows what she is capable of if someone produces the roles for her? Sheila Vand ( after her performance in "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" ) is also becoming a very interesting screen presence and Alisha Boe is a heart meltingly sweet in her role who almost, but not quite, makes us forget Ms McCord when she is off screen. So brilliant casting Mr Haaga as well.

I enjoyed the entire movie from start to finish but I have to say that a couple of the set piece scenes deserve to become cult classics in their own right. The "Pop Music " scene ( particularly in the context of what just happened in the film ) is hilarious and deserves to join the pantheon of those in car music movie moments such as the "Wayne's World" Bohemian Rhapsody" episode and the "Trailer scene" is approaching the family meal time scene in the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre " for creepy fun.

Deserves to gain a cult following and I can't wait to see more from the director/writer and cast.

Good novel, butchered but bad screenplay. Fine casting on this film couldn't save the movie and actors from a treacherous screenplay. They could have cast a bunch of cats with the lack of direction this film had. Good cinematography and editing can not save this director from failing the craft.

Chip (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Liza (AnnaLynne McCord) are an unusual pairing and completely broke. She watches her sugar daddy opening his safe and memorizes the combination. She convinces Chip to break in. In addition, she kills her sugar daddy and his wife. She also kidnaps and intends to sell Violet (Alisha Boe) to her brother Dwayne.

It is a lot of crazy and a lot of violence. The crazy starts with AnnaLynne McCord. She is one crazy hot girl. The crazy hot ratio calculation is always tricky. You get it wrong and all of a sudden, you're Chip. You definitely want to be on the Alisha Boe side of the line. At the trailer park, I always knew that she was coming. Maybe the movie should show her journey cutting in between torturing Chip. This is a split decision.

Surprisingly I had fun watching this movie. It's a movie you don't have to take too serious, with a lot of violence, even gory moments, a bit of sex, but all with a humorous tint. Maybe it will not make everybody laugh but for me it worked. It's all very fast so you never have a dull moment and so you never get bored. The characters are all well chosen, from hot crazy women to complete deranged maniacs. The cast might not be well-known actors but they all delivered. It's not going to be a cult movie like some others in the same genre but it's a pretty decent one. I had fun watching 68 Kill and that's what it's all about when I watch a movie in this genre. Maybe it's not everybody's cup of soup but I'm sure there will be a lot of people like me that like this kind of fast gory action movies.

It is a movie about a guy who falls in love with a girl and then finds out she is not all like he thinks she is.

Maybe the story-line is something we have always seen before but this movie took it to new levels. The starting of the movie was perfect even the middle part at the end I was kind of getting disappointed but it soon changed. It had all these good kind of thrilling scenes, unexpected scenarios etc. The ending was good and unpredictable. The actress who did Liza did a very good job. Altogether it was an action packed movie good for a one time watch.

Yes I would ask you guys to just check it out.

Notable Acting

Annalynne McCord

Matthew Gray Gubler famous for his acting the movies 500 days of summer and many more

My Rating 7/10