Truly Dreadful Film

The Worst Film Ever

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Bodies have started turning up with W∆Z carved into their skin, cops Eddie Argo (Stellan Skarsgård) and Helen Westcott (Melissa George) investigate and find something truly disturbing is afoot.It's cut from the same cloth as Saw, Seven and to a degree Hostel, in that it's torture pornish in narrative essence, and aesthetically grim with its neo-noir greens and browns. Tom Shankland's movie is undeniably bleak, but sift through the blood and the grime and you find there's an intelligent film at work, one that opens up an uncomfortable can of worms about human nature. But of course if you like it bloody and mean, then that is served up with relish as well, with all the key scenes packing an emotional whack to go with the jolts.Brains to go with the splatter, some very smart photography (Morten Søborg) and engaging lead performances, these all lift this above average. If only it hadn't cheapened things down with the daft finale then this would have garnered more support in horror circles. 6/10

Being a Horror freak, I usually give a chance to pretty much any Horror sub-genre and type. The Killing Gene is one of these Thrillers that I personally don't really consider Horror, as it's not scary or frightening in any way. It does revolve around some pretty terrible things, but I personally like films that are scarier.Having said that, I think The Killing Gene was a very nice thriller. Stellan Skarsgård, unlike his role in Thor (and The Avengers) was dark and charismatic, and Melissa George was as great as always. The story idea was nice and original, and made it a little hard to pick sides. The twist towards the end did manage to surprise me, and the ending itself was a very nice closure. Notice most of the times I used an adjective, it was "nice". Not more, nor less.As for criticism? The twist was very original, but I was kinda hoping for something a little deeper and more complicated. All in all, I'd say The Killing Gene was a gloomy combination of Saw, The Bone Collector and Kindergarten Cop.I personally enjoyed it as a thriller, not as Horror. If you're thriller fans, you probably will enjoy it too.

I had high hopes for this film just looking at the cast which includes Stellan Skarsgard, Melissa George, Tom Hardy & Selma Blair among others. Add to this to the fact that I love movies in this genre & how could this possibly fail? Well, I'm afraid it did. The premise was interesting enough, the police try to find someone who is killing people, carving weird formula's into their skin & then dumping the bodies. There were a few twists along the way as our protagonist (Skarsgard) & his partner (George) attempted to discover the identity of the perpetrator, however, the progression of the story went at such a sluggish pace that the revelation seemed to come too late for me to care, it didn't feel suspenseful, it just felt slow. I also felt that the whole thing might have been more plausible if Jean had had an accomplice. As it stood, it was completely unbelievable that this tiny woman would have had the skills or strength to overcome several well-built men, (who were likely armed) drug them & transport them from one location to another. Not only this but she has to carry or drag them to her killing room, get them in the chairs & strap them down, just would not happen without drawing some attention to yourself. Yes, towards the end, we see her dupe a passerby into helping her but even if she did this every time, she still has to get them out of the van. It just seemed ridiculous that a viewer would buy this! The next discoveries regarding the cover up & evidence destruction were not a huge surprise, maybe I've seen too many films in this vein to be easily shocked but it became pretty obvious to me where it was going. The final big reveal, Skarsgard's relationship with his informant, again wasn't earth shattering. He obviously wasn't his son so you start asking yourself, why is he so attached to this guy? and from there, it's not so hard to work it out. On a positive note, George is believable as the young detective & Hardy takes up the role of tough gangster with conviction. Selma Blair is criminally underused however. Not awful but I'm glad I didn't pay to see it.

If you don't know who is the dearest person in your life yet and there are probably many but you can't just put your finger on who is the best loved and just the dearest to your heart. This movie will make you know.This movie is intellectual and one of the very few good psycho-horrors. And so strange that I watched this movie The Killing Gene and The Killing Room the same day and loved them both so much but not equally because I preferred the Killing Room more.It's only necessary to say that this kind of movies (Psycho-horror/thriller) is by far the best genre. I like all types no doubt and I have seen billions of movies but this type is just on top of the list because it takes you to the dark worlds of the human mind and the issues of survival.The plot was good and so is everything else in the movie. By the way I easily guessed whom the lead character really loved but didn't guess the kind of love! Watch it and you'll know what I mean.