Director: Kriv Stenders
Writer: James McFarland (Screenplay)
Starring: Simon Pegg, Steve Le Marquand, Alice Brage, Teresa Palmer, Sullivan Stapleton, Luke Hemsworth
Plot: Professional hit-man Charlie Wolfe finds himself in three tales of murder, blackmail and revenge after a botched contract assignment.
Tagline – Once is never enough
Runtime: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Verdict: Badly Executed Crime Comedy
Story: Kill Me Three Times starts with Charlie (Pegg) completing one of his jobs before getting called into the next one, where he follows Alice (Braga) who is the target of Lucy (Palmer) and Nathan (Stapleton), she is trying to get away from her life and be with Dylan (Hemsworth), but her gangster husband Jack (Mulvey) won’t let her.
As the plot thickens Charlie is looking back on where he thinks things might have gone wrong as we jump around the timeline a lot.
Thoughts on Kill Me Three Times
Characters – Charlie is the hitman assigned to kill Alice, he ends up witnesses another couple trying to get the job done as we see how he operates and thinks about how his plan could unfold. Alice is the target, she is married to an abusive man and is trying to get out of her relationship, only to become the target for hitmen. Nathan and Lucy are a couple that are planning on killed Alice, even when things don’t always go to plan.
Performances – This is a film where we can’t say much good or bad about the acting, because it is the directing and storytelling which are the weak parts. The performances across the board are average without being very good.
Story – The story here jumps between three timelines to see different point of views when it comes to how the events unfold. Now this comes off messy for the most part because we lack the motivation early on from just what is going on, it tries to be too overly smart and falls flat on its face. This is a story that just doesn’t meet the levels it believes it should be and by the end you will have lost attention to follow each little branch of the story.
Comedy/Crime – This doesn’t hit the comedy levels it could, even if they try to make us laugh at the moments that just don’t work, with the crime side we see how different sides are trying to get money or get rid of people in their lives.
Settings – The film is set in a couple of locations where we see the bar, the road, the home just random spots which don’t make things look in the right place.
Scene of the Movie – The opening sequence.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – Too many branches in the storyline.
Final Thoughts – This is a disappointing crime comedy that just doesn’t hit the marks it needs to and falls flat on its face.
Overall: Dull.
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