Kill List is 2011 British horror film from Ben Wheatley

Ben Wheatley

Ben Wheatley Animator, Director of internet viral ads, TV idents, TV adverts TV comedy shows and feature films.-Early life:Wheatley was born in Billericay, Essex. He went to Haverstock School in North London and it was here during the sixth form that he met Amy Jump who is now his wife and...

, starring Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley

Michael Smiley

Michael Smiley is a British comic and actor currently living in England.-Biography:Smiley was born in 1963 in Belfast, and moved to London in his 20s with his wife...

 and MyAnna Buring

MyAnna Buring

MyAnna Buring is a Swedish actress best known for appearing in the 2005 horror film The Descent.- Early life :Buring was born in Sweden but grew up in the Middle East...

. When a British soldier (Maskell) returns home from Kiev

Kiev

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, he joins an old friend as contract killers

Contract killing

Contract killing is a form of murder, in which one party hires another party to kill a target individual or group of people. It involves an illegal agreement between two parties in which one party agrees to kill the target in exchange for consideration, monetary, or otherwise. The hiring party may...

. His disturbed past surfaces as he spins out of control during jobs and ominous employers raise the stakes. It was filmed in Sheffield

Sheffield

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, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

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 in England

England

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.

Premiere

The film's North American Premiere was March 12, 2011 at SXSW in Austin

Austin

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. Receiving much festival buzz, the film's North American Distribution rights were purchased by IFC Films

IFC Films

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Reception

The films received critical acclaim. It has a 82% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes

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. Total Film

Total Film

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 gave the film a five-star review (denoting 'outstanding'): "Authentic dialogue, pitch-perfect performances and seductively scuzzy images comprise a film funny and bleak, tender and cruel, serious and 'out-there'. British horror has rarely hit these heights since the mid-'70s." Chris Tookey of the Daily Mail

Daily Mail

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 gave the film two stars out of five, saying that the film was a "frustrating mixture of promising and atrocious".

External links

• Protagonist Pictures Page
• Kill List at Starburst Magazine
  Starburst (magazine)
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German review at mannBEISSTfilm.de