Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Kill me three times - Review


    Kill me three times is an Australian dark comedy crime thriller which portrays the story of an assassin who
is hired to kill someone only to find out there are others who also have plans of their own to kill the same victim. While it is promoted to have three different tales of murder and deceit it  is actually three points of view of the same story. each relative tale is actually the missing link that ties to  the previous tale and provide the viewer with much needed insight to what is actually going on.

           For those of you who have probably seen the trailer and movie posters, Simon Pegg is heavily promoted as the main attraction to an otherwise lackluster tale. He plays Charlie Wolfe - The hitman hired to assassinate Alice Taylor played by Alice Braga  and also starring Teresa Palmer as Lucy Webb , Luke Hemsworth as Dylan Smith and Sullivan Stapleton as Nathan Webb. It is worth noting that while Simon Pegg is in the movie his role is more akin to a glorified cameo than an actual performance. We see the story develop through the other characters and their interactions with Pegg being more of the comedic element to an otherwise passable tale. Everything else about the film is a predictable orquestrated mess that will leave one wanting to actually switch to one of Simon Pegg's more enjoyable films.

       So as stated before anyone expecting to see a film in the likes of the enjoyable Cornetto Trilogy of Films directed by Edgar Wright and Starring Simon Pegg will be sadly disappointed. This is more of a generic tale of betrayal and deceit that has been told probably a dozen or more times through out cinema history. This is an hour or so of time that one will not be able to get back that can be spent on more interesting affair.

   

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