I rewatched this after being reminded of it by a similar Brit crime-horror that just got released. It's even better than I remembered.
A down on his luck hit man with a troubled past (don't they all? Kinda goes with the job!) gets an offer he can't refuse to rub out a series of characters. The trail spirals into craziness as he realises that he is tied up in some sort of supernatural plot in which he isn't just the instrument of death, he is something much more fundamental...
The best thing about this film was the tone. It was gritty and realistic yet weirdly off balance and surreal right from the start. It was absolutely compelling.
The acting was on point. Ben Wheatley regular Michael Smiley is always great, but Neil Maskell as the brutal yet human lead character injected this bizarre pathos into things, even as he kicked people to death, which stole the show. He was a bad guy, but a bad guy with heart.
The plot was surprising and twisty. On first watch it was completely "WTF", but when I watched it again -knowing where it was going- then lots of little clues all made more sense.
Disturbing, and very hard to watch, but a GREAT horror movie.
A down on his luck hit man with a troubled past (don't they all? Kinda goes with the job!) gets an offer he can't refuse to rub out a series of characters. The trail spirals into craziness as he realises that he is tied up in some sort of supernatural plot in which he isn't just the instrument of death, he is something much more fundamental...
The best thing about this film was the tone. It was gritty and realistic yet weirdly off balance and surreal right from the start. It was absolutely compelling.
The acting was on point. Ben Wheatley regular Michael Smiley is always great, but Neil Maskell as the brutal yet human lead character injected this bizarre pathos into things, even as he kicked people to death, which stole the show. He was a bad guy, but a bad guy with heart.
The plot was surprising and twisty. On first watch it was completely "WTF", but when I watched it again -knowing where it was going- then lots of little clues all made more sense.
Disturbing, and very hard to watch, but a GREAT horror movie.
