Cubussoli
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Artivels
Undescribable Perfection
SnoReptilePlenty
Memorable, crazy movie
johncutter0072006
A critical sensation and a DVD hit in the US, Ian David Diaz's The Killing Zone embedded its movie-made world of talkative hard men, a mysterious company called the Syndicate and the coolest assassin ever Matthew Palmer, becoming one of the best low budget UK film I've seen in a long time. Diaz updates his UK hard-boiled crime film with twists and turns together with his nod to Tarantino the king of the hard-boiled crime movie. The film is surreal yet has a realistic atmosphere together with wittily pop-literate dialog which is engaging and some great performances from unknown actors such as Mark Bowden, the sexy Melissa Simoetti and gorgeous Nicola (UK's Eastenders) Stapleton. The direction is masterful and the photography is soooo cool! Better than Lock stock, Gangster number one, Revolver and that Layer cake this is a film you should see. If you're into finding out who's going to be the next big UK director – mark my words Diaz is going to kick ass in the future. Rent out this movie!!!! None of its many imitators has yet come close to matching Pulp Fiction's impact but let me tell you if the Zone was give a theatrical release it would. I rest my case.Also a note: I watched Lucky Number Slevin and me thinks one of the producers or writers have seen The Killing Zone – just look at the way Bruce Willis is dressed – very Matthew Palmer.
jasonallan0072003
Yes I've seen The Killing Zone and it blew me away! It's Lock stock meets Get Carter! Way better than Layer Cake (even dear old Lock stock) it's got great photography, cool acting, in parts funny and very engaging (I loved Matthew Palmer) But what I really liked about it was the way it was directed (Fine work Mr Diaz) scenes were actually very exciting so that at times you felt concerned when certain characters were in peril. All UK thriller movies should be made this way! I can't believe I missed this movie when I was in the UK five years ago. Anyhow, go see it you'll love it, trust me!
tomfox777
Santa came down the chimney this year with a whole bunch of new DVD's for me to spend the cold winter nights with. Amongst them was the innocently titled `THE KILLING ZONE'. Now if your idea of holiday viewing is to curl up with your lady wife in front of `Miracle On 34th Street', then Don't Put `The Killing Zone' in your player. Do not turn up the surround sound to eleven on the dial and be sure to cover your plasma screen with a blanket. Why? -This film kicks like a mule. From the very first scene, as the assassin's first bullet rips through the chest of his victim with the sound of a tomahawk missile screeching through the streets of Baghdad, you know it's going to be a rough ride for any character who comes into contact with British hit man Palmer.I don't know much about film - but I know what I like! This film gripped me from start to finish like no other action Brit-Flick I've seen. It isn't just another bunch of London mockney geezers who don't know one end of a shotgun from the other " 'avin a larf" like so many other British gangster films we've been offered. This film has class, style, action and real humour.The Writer/Director (Ian David Diaz) has spliced together the best of the 1960's British action genre and sewn it all up with a whole wedge of 1990's black comedy. Throw in a taste of the `Comic-Book' underground tempered with a lavish splash of big-time Hollywood values, all put together in a bouquet of gun's, girls and good old-fashioned entertainment. I tell you – this has got to be a recipe for future feature successes. The cast are cool, sharp and down right hilarious. Look out for Mark Bowden as Lance who certainly knows how to play both the comedy and drama of a scene. Padraig Casey as Palmer knows how to point a gun and kill people. Nicola Stapleton as Kerry will knock you dead if Bowden does not kill you laughing and Casey fire a bullet in your brain. Together they form the perfect combination move for the finale to this film. Three Friends – One Scene – No survivors? You'll have to watch it!Meanwhile, can Santa bring me another like it next year?
samfuller555
The Killing Zone is one of the best low budget films I've seen in a long time! I'd say it's even better than that other UK gangster flick, Lock Stock! (If I see a bleached-looking film again, I'll scream!) Why on earth didn't this film get a theatrical release, lord knows? It's totally awesome!!!!! Great writing, great lighting, cool sound effects (the sound for hero's gun is wild), and the music...that should be released by itself!And the performances - they're the bomb! Convincing, believable, funny. Yeah! I noticed even Harry Knowles and the Ain't it Cool mob loved it - you should see their review!I loved every moment of this picture, to the way it was directed to the way it was produced- when it comes out over here in the States I urge you - my fellow Americans - to see it. Sam Fuller.
