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First Kill

2017

Steven C. Miller

Bruce Willis, Hayden Christensen, Gethin Anthony, Charlotte Kirk ...

4.2

1,177

Thriller. Action Young father Will (Hayden Christensen) takes his family on a road trip to a cabin in the woods. On the way, the Chief of Police (Bruce Willis) advises them to be cautious in the area as there has been a robbery at the local bank. While hunting, Will and his son Danny witness the attempted murder of a man after another bank robbery goes awry.

	Author	Review
United States	Neil Genzlinger The New York Times	"A decently executed but generic thriller, is most notable for advancing the dubious theory that the best way to help a child who is being bullied is to traumatize the heck out of him."	NEU
United States	Craig D. Lindsey Village Voice	"First Kill is one of those instances when you can see the cast and the filmmakers making a valiant effort to come up with an appealing flick, even though the script is needlessly convoluted and filled with horrible ideas and you-knew-that-was-coming twists."	NEU
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"A movie that could hardly be mistaken for good (...) A reasonably entertaining series of off-road chases and backwoods shootouts"	NEU
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] mediocre thriller (...) It’s all pretty tedious"	NEG
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"'First Kill' features an efficient, lightning speed plot (...) But the twisty, talky script by Gordon could have benefited from a 'less is more' approach (...) A film that loses its intrigue almost immediately."	NEU
United States	Keith Watson Slant	"[It] is completely deadened by Miller's flat, affectless direction (...) As bland and leaden as its über-generic title suggests (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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