Kill List - 2011 K d: Ben Wheatley
Crikey!
When I first put this on last night I was concerned by the Ken Loach type Realist approach, which -more often then not - I find a very off-putting style of film-making. However, Shane Meadows had successfully used that style to give us a harrowing horror drama in Dead Men's Shoes, so I vowed to watch it all tonight (my BD player was acting up and it was late, so I didn't see it through last night). Which I did.
It's a superb film, but it did take its time to win me over. By the end though, I knew I had seen something special. At times Bergmanesque in its portrayal of interpersonal relationships, it really does depict character with a depth and skill rare in modern film-making. It fascinates and intrigues and is a pretty damned harrowing ride to go on.
I was made to think of some kind of bizarre hybrid of A Serbian Film and The Wicker Man.
Top stuff.
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