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Big Kill

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25% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 56% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boomtown gone bust in the Old West.

Critics Reviews

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Daniel Neman St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dec 6, 2018
1.5/4
"Big Kill" plays on the screen for a little more than two hours. But at best it contains maybe 30 minutes of story. Go to Full Review
Joe Leydon Variety Oct 19, 2018
Scott Martin's enjoyably retro Western should please genre fans eager for a wild ride. Go to Full Review
Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times Oct 18, 2018
Those timeless New Mexico backdrops may lend the production its desired authenticity, but all those structural wide-open spaces stop "Big Kill" dead in its tedious tracks. Go to Full Review
Andrew Emerson Film Threat Mar 19, 2019
2/10
Aside from being full of holes for one, the plot concludes with a resolution that's both anticlimactic and predictable. Additionally, the film also has several underdeveloped subplots... Go to Full Review
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central Oct 31, 2018
1/4
Played for cool and, when that fails, played for laughs, Big Kill is desperate to find a reason to exist beyond playing expensive dress-up and make-believe. Go to Full Review
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Oct 21, 2018
C-
An amateurish attempt to recycle old Hollywood clichés...John Ford mimicked by inept wannabes. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Kylo W Apr 11, 2019 Fun popcorn western. Not a lot of substance going on but if you're looking for some pure escapism that doesn't insult your intelligence, then give it a go. See more
Kylo W Apr 8, 2019 Many self-satisfied critics missed the boat on this one, Big Kill. Probably still fawning over black panther, writing up comparisons to citizen kane. The many quiet dialogue scenes versus big action in Big Kill, are to establish character and affinity for these classic western types. That is, before they all shoot each other up in the street. The film is intentionally over-stylized in showing western tropes, both in character and in plot. This, the critics have pounced upon, as if the film were not self aware. I mean the set is smaller than a high school campus. When the bad guys and good guys go to their respective corners, you'd assume they could hear each other plotting from a few hundred feet away. This adds to the stage-like and stylized atmosphere, but no so much to break the illusion of nor ridicule the source material. After all, this not so much a depiction of the old west, but the old western movie. It is refreshing to see a film where characters, even though each represents a classic western type versus any unique persona, talk to each other and show sincere emotion. Hard to see the film finding an audience with comic books passing for literature these days, and cgi passing for high art. See more
Apr 4, 2019 Great action, tone, and composition. A real western movie with great pace. A must see.
Poe R Mar 30, 2019 Good western. I liked it. No acadamey award winner. But who cares what the Hollywood types think anyway?
Leia W Mar 29, 2019 Tarantino should take some notes... Dik
Albus S Mar 16, 2019 I enjoyed it, worth the watch.
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Movie Info

Synopsis A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boomtown gone bust in the Old West.
Director
Scott Martin
Producer
Scott Martin, Michael Thomas Slifkin
Screenwriter
Scott Martin
Distributor
Archstone Distribution
Production Co
Archstone Pictures, BondIt Media Capital
Rating
R (Violence|Some Sexuality|Brief Language)
Genre
Western, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 19, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 19, 2019
Runtime
2h 9m
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