Ben Wheatley's Kill List isn't too harrowing - nor is it too painful - to put you off of a second viewing, but the movie is at its most effective that first time you sit down to breathe it all in, completely in the dark as to what you're about to experience. A haunting and occasionally amusing horror movie with deep-rooted occult sensibilities, Kill List takes you on a genuine ride into the unknown, and doesn't let up until the very last frame. The plot is relatively simple, and isn't one that holds up to close scrutiny (on purpose, perhaps): two former soldiers who moonlight as hitmen must take on one final job. The results are unexpected, to say the least. There are several traumatic sequences, one of which (it takes place in an incredibly cramped tunnel) is bound to haunt your thoughts afterwards. Going into Kill List for a second time, though, the movie loses the uneasiness and anxiety that comes with the first viewing of the flick. That's to say, it doesn't get better the more times you see it.