The Kill Room

The Kill Room is a crime satire set for slaying in the modern art world. Catering to an audience that might not be hip to those in jokes, director Nicol Paone wisely fills her canvas with the witty Samuel L. Jackson, the sexy Uma Thurman, and the chiseled Joe Manganiello. Although hung on stories seen before, The Kill Room is an entertaining enough piece worth a 98-minute glance in any cinematic gallery.

Scripted by Jonathan Jacobson, The Kill Room is amusing crime fiction wrapped in a comedic body bag as Reggie's murders eventually transform into avant-garde art. Reggie becomes known as the Bagman whose art, naturally, becomes more of a success than the laundering biz. The Kill Room itself then dips into a slight case of thievery as the plot follows Woody Allen's Small Time Crooks, which also features a cover business that becomes more of a success than the actual crime. As life imitates art, so too does art imitate art.

The Kill Room, like the art being satirized within, has clever subtext but lacks that deep impression. The movie successfully captures the transitory nature of art styles noting such as an allegory of movies as they exist within modern streaming services. The Kill Room itself might not present a shocking spectacle like the Bagman but when paired with a proper wine and cheese, could nicely kill off a Friday night.

Was not too ardous and partially entertaining, relatively funny in parts. Not being a lover of fine art I felt the 1 hour 40ish aperture into the world of the high brow art industry to be reassuringly confirmational of my previous understanding of the type of people who inhabit that world. Pretentious and somewhat pathetically obsessed with one upmanship. So nothing new there. The Movie itself was slightly farcical which may have been the intent. But I found it hard to believe the ease at which certain characters took their introduction to the world of organised crime. Overall I didn't feel as if my time had been stolen. But its only ever going to be experienced once as there is absolutely nothing that merits a revisit. Mediocre without being Awful.

Uma Thurman produced this and stars as Patrice, owner of a gallery that is definitely NOT thriving. Then she is approached by a man (Samuel L. Jackson) who wants to strike up a deal with her, when the conversation is over she realizes he is a drug dealer that needs a place to launder his money. Being in a big bind, the idea of a good % take pulls her in, soon she is deep, deep in the criminal enterprise.

But she needs a steady supply of artwork, to make the operation appear legitimate. Reggie the hit man (Joe Manganiello) is recruited for that task, even though he has no art experience.

The whole movie is dark comedy, I enjoyed it enough because of the actors. A few scenes are over-filled with vulgar language, the script writer loves the F-word and some dialog has multiple M-F references, to the point that it was like verbal vomit coming out of my TV screen and speaker system. But fortunately my player has a 15-second jump forward feature so I didn't have to tolerate all that vulgar language, I just skipped over it and lost no content.

On BluRay from my public library. My wife chose to skip, she is not entertained by this type of movie.

Reading through these reviews I am once again fascinated how some people can drill down to the slightest detail and pick a movie apart. I, on the other hand, tend to watch something and rate it on my level of enjoyment.

This was OK. It didn't blow me out of the water, but it also wasn't as bad as some of these reviews either.

One thing that disappointed me a bit, was that Reggie's identity was revealed to the public so early, especially given his profession. I thought more could have been done with that. How did he think it was going to be kept a secret from his "bosses"?

Otherwise, it was a good send up of the world of the uber wealthy, all of whom seem to be arrogant and pretty thick. Not only in this movie by the way.

The casting was remarkable, luring viewers in with excessive temptation from the start. As the story unfolds, you'll discover that the narrative and plot are indeed worth investing your time in. However, as the movie progresses, it loses momentum and ultimately, the execution falls disappointingly short.

The film explores the concept of selling something you don't desire but end up purchasing because everyone else is doing so. In essence, it delves into the notion that if you have an abundance of wealth, you become a pawn in one way or another. Uma Thurman dominates the screen throughout, delivering a performance in line with her character. Regrettably, the movie's conclusion is so devoid of meaning that it extinguishes any remaining excitement.

Whether you choose to watch it or not, hardly any difference.