The Killer’s Game

An absolute mess of a B film, The Killer's Game, is a mildly fun diversion despite its many glaring deficiencies.
50/1002694
Starring
Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Simon Kinberg
Director
J.J. Perry
Rating
R
Genre
Action, Comedy, Thriller
Release date
Sept 13, 2024
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Rating Summary
Directed by veteran stuntman, J.J. Perry, The Killer's Game is haphazard hodgepodge of jarringly shifting tones and styles that wants to be John Wick more than Kamala's handlers want her to stop cackling. Instead, it's the Great Value brand root beer of John Wicks with some Scott Pilgrim and a dash of the live action One Piece mixed with about three dozen clichés.

Hitman-for-Hire Joe Flood decides to retire when he meets the love of his life. Unfortunately, his HMO has other plans.

The Killer’s Game

The Killer’s Game is brought together by a one-note performance from a shrunken, stiff, slow-moving, and uncoordinated Dave Bautista, who looks like your high school gym teacher 30 years later—arthritic and on his first round of AZT.

That said, with some genuinely obnoxious cinematography and the worst digital blood splatter since The Walking Dead, The Killers’ Games crosses the line into unintentional camp, making it bad enough to be good enough to watch once it hits streaming… and you’ve got some brewskis on hand.

 

The Killer’s Game Drinking Game

Take A Sip
  • When digital blood splatter looks painfully digital
Take A Drink
  • When a character dies in an over-the-top fashion
  • When a grenade or claymore mine explodes in a puff of fire and smoke, looking like a cheap stage pyrotechnic
Take A Shot
  • When the film makes a sudden shift in tone or style
  • When someone delivers a cheesy one-liner

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James Carrick is a passionate film enthusiast with a degree in theater and philosophy. James approaches dramatic criticism from a philosophic foundation grounded in aesthetics and ethics, offering insight and analysis that reveals layers of cinematic narrative with a touch of irreverence and a dash of snark.

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