Difficult one this. The acting is good and some of the dialogue too, but the direction is a bit flat and surely the script was not fully thought out. It is fine to leave an audience in the dark as long as we believe the writer knows what's going on but I think this cheats. I see that most people love the first three quarters and are confused/upset by the last section. I actually enjoyed the supernatural/sacrificial part but up until then had found it very difficult to get involved. I didn't like anybody, okay the kid was alright, but his parents seemed like the neighbours from hell with their loud swearing and fighting, their bonfires and garden jacuzzi. Never mind the most embarrassing dinner party since Abigail's. I was getting pretty angry despite the good performances, maybe because of them and then the violence began. A bit heavy and completely inappropriate for hired hit men, the excuse being that the baddies had done such terrible things. Hit men moralising or just finding excuses to air their psychotic tendencies. Not discussed. Not dealt with. Hey, lets just change the film into something else and nobody will notice. Perhaps.

Started watching Kill List today, and I was actually pretty excited. I was hoping for a heist/crime movie mixed with a good horror ending. I was pretty disappointed.The film started off really good actually, the first 15-20 minutes are fantastic. It depicts the character as a family man, with a beautiful blonde wife and kid. The story has the feel like it had plenty of secrets, and could venture into a great horror tale. But in reality it went nowhere for the next half hour, and that was a half hour too long.The movie went on to depict each kill by the hit-man main character and his buddy, and I think with the British accents I just couldn't get into it. I had to keep turning the volume up to see why I was so not interested.Not worth it, not worth this review. May be good, but don't depend on me to tell you. 3 stars.

Somebody watched the wicker man and then took lots of something...or something happened where more than one person thought this would make a good film or something...and then the film got made? Not sure what just happened but a film ended and I was able to record my initial dazed response above. I remember the opening scene I think and then, well, I'm still coming round. Please write it up if you've had a similar experience. It was neither subtle or intriguing. It was clumsy, gory rubbish. And the reason it didn't get away with it was because it has a crap plot. It was a bizarre attempt to make a good film without actually coming up with a decent story. Oh yeah, I remember reading a review in a national newspaper which alluded to a plot that takes a sudden unexpected turn. It can't be this movie.

Why do all the bad reviewers need answers? Let go. You're not entitled to an explanation just by looking at art. I remember watching this film with a good friend in 2011. We sat there fixated on the screen, enjoying the tight and seemingly ad libbed style and natural rapport between the actors. As it went on, we knew we were in for something a bit special. Gritty, dark and sometimes very violent Kill List managed to keep me thinking about the gobsmacking ending for days afterwards - in short the sign of a great movie for me. It was the first film to ever literally see both me and my friend look at each other, wordless and mouths open when the credits started to roll. But do yourself a favour, clear your mind of all the reviews you have read. Open your mind and enjoy. They don't make many like this roller coaster!