TheLittleSongbird
Did not expect much in the first place before watching 'Kill Ratio'. It sounded interesting, but it did look like a not very well made, ridiculous and by the numbers film with not particularly good actors. Saw 'Kill Ratio' anyway out of curiosity, being intrigued by the idea and having been a lot of low-budget films recently (most not very good to put it lightly). 'Kill Ratio' turned out to be more or less, make that exactly even, what was expected. Except worse. It started off pretty well, giving off the sense that maybe the film won't be bad and be better than it seemed. This didn't stay for long though and it is something of a shame. After the opening, the film went down south catastrophically very quickly and never recovered or improved. Actually got pretty much worse as it progressed. On a visual level, 'Kill Ratio' looked shoddy. Drab and simplistic, with haphazard editing, far from slick photography and very artificial-looking and overused to the point of abuse effects/CGI.The sound/soundtrack are intrusive and obvious and the direction has no sense of atmosphere or pacing, nothing to be thrilled by and nothing much engaging.Script is awkward-sounding and ponderous, with lines that do make one cringe. A lot of it is gibberish and juvenile, with a stilted improvisatory feel that shouldn't have made it past draft stages. On top of that, the story goes through the motions with no tension, suspense or thrills, a lot of intelligence-insulting ridiculousness, implausibility and pacing so dull that it makes a reasonably short length much longer. The action sequences are more preposterous and by the numbers than they are thrilling or fun, a big problem for a film so heavy on this aspect. The terrible way they look also hinder them.Characters are basically every stereotype in the book it seems and are one-dimensional caricatures with no likeability or development and with the inability to behave logically. The acting is very poor all round with a very uncharismatic lead for one. In summary, bad film in almost every way. 2/10 Bethany Cox
jacobusbezemer
camera-work and sound OK. Character buildup - zero. Sound effects in fight scenes - exaggerated.big plus: gratuitous nudity.heavy on the stereotypes - rude Russian generals, Hero American cold-blooded CIA, emotional eastern European women.and why are these people speaking English 90% of the time but sometimes they do speak whatever the hell their language is supposed to be?
jriley-56299
He has an unlimited kill ratio? A ratio is two integers expressed as a fraction. If he does not die, then the denominator is zero. If he does, then it is one. An unlimited kill ratio makes no sense. Perhaps he has an unlimited kill limit. That works better. Oh, the movie was ridiculous, but entertaining. Turn off your brain and enjoy the action.
duvernetphotography
James, James, Oh James! The blue list man, with no upper limit of his kill capacity! You've got your pseudo eastern European accents, Russian, but not too Russian, there is eye candy for both sexes, bulging biceps and skimpy outfits. General this and madam president that, a token effort to feminism. Democracy must win the day and the strong female leader will win the day, even if she barely survived a bomb.. Despite the hotel filled with high profile business people, the General and his team only kill one little blonde, poor thing. The good guy can dodge bullets without any gear, stare down the bad guys and shoot them. Almost like an old fashioned cowboys and Indians. There are many times in the movie where nothing is happening and the only way to keep interest is through a rushing sound track. If you turned off the sound, you'd be bored out of your mind. This is about as bad a movie as I've seen recently. Skim through it if you must waste your time.
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