Essential Killing

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Mar 22, 2018 Only 83 minutes!...It seemed like 83 hours. See more

Jul 9, 2017 Jerzy Skolimowski's survival tale benefits from a steady, muted performance by VIncent Gallo. See more

Dec 13, 2016 The story of survival of a man from, what we presume, Afghanistan lost in the middle of the taïga of Siberia. Not a killer by choice, a killer for survival, for the essential. Vincent Gallo is truly a good actor, it is too bad we don't see him enough. Not a must see but a good film. See more

Sep 10, 2016 As purely a visceral thriller it goes well at first but tapers off a bit ineffectually, and the lack of context switches from being a strength, to joining the budget as a limitation. Instead of building some sort of narrative, you flounder around making wilder and ever weaker guesses, until you give up and wait powerless for the inevitable. See more

Nov 5, 2015 Beautiful scenery and I liked the sound effects/texture especially all the small sounds like snow crunching. Made me think about the war on terror from another perspective for a minute. I liked how we got to see everything from this characters POV and came to empathize for him a bit (though I was never routing for him). Makes you wonder about how you might deal with that. I don't know how I would have made out after the messing up my foot. Loved the lack of dialogue See more

Sep 29, 2014 A good film that gives you the first part excitements and ends with scenes of silence while the protagonist struggles. See more

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