US Start: 23.01.2009Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer. The ensuing struggle will test Carmen to the limit.
A lot of scenes ended up being chopped from the original version (they say test audiences found the plot too confusing) which has left the film with a rather squat 84 minute running time. Scenes to go involved some stuff shot at Cape Girardeau and a subplot involving Johnny Knoxville's role as a deputy.
This is a brilliantly-performed (Viggo Mortensen was originally supposed to play Jane's part - but the former "Punisher" does good!), exquisitely shot (Caleb Deschanel's cinematography is breathtaking; John Madden's direction well-crafted) and very gripping thriller. It's not the best film of it's type, and in some respects, does feel a little tired (we have seen it all before - the Coen's bet them to the punch), but with such divine performances, and divine dialogue (I believe Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella both worked on the script prior to the deaths), most'll find it hard to turn from. Really a shame this'll only be seen by most on DVD. But if it's good enough for the twelve other genuinely-good flicks that the House of B&H have produced (hello "Fanboys"!), it's got enough for this, right?
Quelle: FilmSchoolRejects.comBad acting, curious narrative gaps, and unconvincing Native American aside, Killshot is still an entertaining ninety minutes. Even in this state it’s easily better than half the films that reach a more traditional number of theaters. (Traditional meaning more than five.) Should it have been shelved? It’s hard to say regarding the original cut, at least until the Weinsteins release it on DVD (will never happen), but in its current state Killshot is a competent and fast-moving thriller with a little heart, a few laughs, some exciting action scenes, and two and a half surprisingly bad performances. You could do worse, you could do better, but Killshot did not deserve to be Shelved!
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