Journal of a Contract Killer

From the comments that I see on this board,it seems that some people have a problem with anything that is not the "usual" Hollywood fare. This movie kept me on my seat for the duration of it.I could name a few "big budget" movies where after a 20 minutes I felt like getting up and having a beer. "Journal of a contract killer" is quite remarkable,meaning that with a very good story,some unknown actors and the right director you can create something to remember.That's quite an achievement nowadays where just the marketing budget of some truly horrible movies (that you watch once and never again),mostly coming from,where else,the USA,is more than the budget for this movie.Well,enough said,I will recommend this movie to all my friends.

Just a quick review as I still feel this film is a bit overrated. I am a huge fan of independent films, strange films, not-as-the-others films or whatever... and usually enjoy even average killer-related films.

I did not expect much... but this film did not reach this very average level. I saw many better low budget direct-to-TV-or-DVD films than this one.

Dialogs quality is going worse and worse through the film... of course there is no real action but that's not even the problem... characters are empty. We totally don't care about the sad-mother side of the killer... and the four last scenes of the film are so bad it reminds me parodies.

a REAL waste of time I hope you can avoid (that's why I am making my first review on IMDb).

When I saw this film I revisited his Genesis in Concert film from 1976, I have tried hard to forget that crime against the band and fans and to this day I can't figure out why he won't release the film in its entirely and without atomic bombs and comic garbage....

it is clear now, he thinks is great and this film proves that he lacks common sense.

Bad editing

Looks and feels cheap

Nothing original, bad directing and story

Could not finish it, at your own risk

Well, let's just say that there was more life and entertainment value in the corpses than the actors doing the killing. This film needed a bigger budget than the £35 they seemed to have spent on this load of old cod's-wallop.

This could have been a very, very good film, if only the director had had a clue to what he was doing, editing is all over the place, the sound track through out the movie was heavy handed and completely unnecessary in places.

I think the biggest problem with this movie is that the majority of the dialogue is delivered in a manner of someone reading from idiot-boards, in a very dull monotone sort of way.

The one bright spot in this movie was Jake Canuso who played Alessandro, a schizo mafia thug in the best tradition of movie mafia thugs. Good Job..

Don't waste your time with this, it will only encourage them to make something else even more banal.

You've been warned...

...Like the previous poster, I am at a loss why this film has such a low rating.

Taut, well directed story telling of the highest order, featuring pretty well unknown actors.....by and large thats what we have here...actors...not 'stars' I would rather watch this a million times than have to watch some drippy Hollywood movie full of teens and explosions.

Highly recommended to anyone who likes their films British and well acted.

It's a new take on organised crime, and keeps enough of the kitchen sink (literally) element that marks all great British cinema, well worth a watch.