A standard conspiracy thriller that looks great but doesn’t really deliver on entertainment value. Gary McKendry does succeed in making watching Killer Elite feel just like stepping back in time to Britain in the grim 1980s though.
Crime
Blood Diamond
An African adventure with a heart and a questionable accent. Definitely, more fun and less depressing than watching an informercial, bru.
Drive
An above average B-Movie with an Eighties feel that’s driven by good Direction from Nicolas Winding Refn.
A Lonely Place to Die
If beautiful scenery and excellent marksmanship are your thing then you will love this impressive British mountaineering thriller.
The Town
Ben Affleck’s latest image enhancing effort is like a superhero movie with a cop-killing bank robber as the guy to root for. Uneven characterisation and cringeworthy cliches let this otherwise fairly gripping heist thriller down.
A History of Violence
Certainly engaging, intelligent and compelling at times but not quite good, consistent or believable enough for the wealth of praise heaped upon it.