feyipuk
For a guy who's made a career out of playing rogue police officers - most notably the white vest wearing, Officer Mcclane - out to thwart the bad guys, while everyone else is completely clueless, how many films has he been in uniform? I can think of Moonrise Kingdom, but he wasn't very competent in that. So this is a little different.
Here, we have Hayden Christensen - a stock broker - and Megan Leonard - a Dr - who are parents of Ty Shelton; a kid who's being bullied at school. To try and toughen him up, his father does what any one who grew up to be Darth Vader would do, and takes the kid out to learn to kill deer back at where his dad taught him to do so. In doing so, they get caught in a heist gone wrong and has to do what needs to be done.
Yeah, there are plenty of plot holes and a few moments of suspended belief required. The acting is wooden in parts and I left with a few more questions than the film gave answers.
The cinematography was edgy, but did tend to linger a lot on Christensen.The only really interesting relationship was between Ty Shelton and Gethin Anthony.
An interesting film, with a predictable outcome.
Floated2
First Kill appears to be a straight to video drama thriller starring Hayden Christensen and Bruce Willis. The film isn't quite good as it is quite bland, with typical acting and nothing in which truly stands out. Some thrills here and there but overall nothing in which hwe have not seen before. A lot of camera zooming in with its close ups which was noticeable. The plot is okay but things become unrealistic. First off, Hayden and his son witness a near murder, then decide to bring in the victim into their home o take care of him and help his wife to heal him, and once it occurs, the victim suddenly becomes rogue and targets them, eventually hostage the son.This is another film where Bruce Willis is quite sleep walking through the film which was also noticeable, as his acting wasn't much up to par. The trailer originally saw when this film came out made it quite intriguing but of course trailers tend to do that. Overall, First Kill is only a quite decent thriller but doesn't offer anything new. As it shows how far both star actors Hayden Christensen and Bruce Willis have fallen off.
breemoria
Trying to guess how high the corruption went kept my attention. i gave the best performance to Gethin anthony as the good/bad guy. Willis and Christensen gave solid performances. This was a much better and complex storyline than other reviewers have allowed.
mikeo_finan
Quite a good movie that touches on a lot of themes. It's an indictment of society, busy working parents, bullying, corruption and violence. Bruce Willis is brilliant as the understated police chief. The family is believable. Ty Sheldon is convincing as the victimized youth. The Malai stresses that actions have consequences, avoid bad people. It would make a strong case for the 2nd amendment.
AD
