Kill Me Three Times

Kill Me Three Times

Kill Me Three Times has received mixed to negative reviews from most of the global critics. In more ways than one, Kill Me Three Times offers nothing new or expresses any desire to cast its unique shadow on the global film industry.

This said, from the moment Simon Pegg says that loved yet despised four letter that thou-shall-not-say-to-your-parent, the movie offers a unique element which defines good cinema: entertainment! And entertain it does.

Kill Me Three Times is a blood-soaked, darkly comic-action thriller that tells the story of an assassin (Pegg) who is hired to kill a woman (Alice Braga) of a sun-drenched Western Australian town, but finds himself in the middle of mayhem, chaos and blackmail. It is told thrice from different perspectives and time-frames; not genuine, but amazingly fun to watch.

Throw in a short-fused oddball character (Luke Hemsworth), a jealous husband (Callan Mulvey), a greedy cop (Bryan Brown), a crooked dentist (Sullivan Stapleton) and his psycho partner (Teresa Palmer) and you have yourself a winner.

For Aussie director Kriv Stenders, this film was a new genre to experiment with. “It is completely different to Red Dog,” said Kriv, referring to his previous work.

Stenders is known for making movies that are a blend of fiction and real-life, which according to him is “a great way to make films from small amounts of money and use real life as an asset”.

In contrast to his previous work, Kill Me Three Times is amazingly different; and the casting of Simon Pegg is gold.

“Comic actors play best villains,” said Kriv. “Simon is playing it against type and audience expectations.”

Kriv defines the film as “fun, energetic, kinetic and stylized”. Adding: “I hope people have as much watching it as we did making it.”

Full of silly goof-ups, mayhem, sun and blood, Kill Me Three Times shows the skills of a master filmmaker and is a worth-while Australian cinematic experience. (JR)

Kill Me Three Times is getting a first to home release in Australia via digital, Blu-Ray & DVD platforms from September 9.

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