Ben Wheatley followed up his acclaimed debut Down Terrace with this fantastically chilling tale of two hitmen (Neil Maskell and Michael Smiley) who find their list of assassination targets exhibiting increasingly weird behaviour. It's best to watch Kill List without knowing much more than that simple premise, because what follows is one of the most devilishly unpredictable and heart-poundingly intense horror flicks, British or otherwise, in recent years. Wheatley's direction, which employs gorgeous cinematography and superbly precise non-linear editing, helps construct an eerie tone which nevertheless doesn't give the movie's shocking secrets away. The final 15 minutes of Kill List are nerve-shredding to say the least, wringing every last ounce of suspense and horror out of its scenario and heralding the arrival of a truly distinct voice in modern horror. It doesn't deliver a lot of concrete answers, but leaves plenty of fascination for the viewer to ponder on once the credits roll.
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