First Kill

Name: First Kill
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: July 21, 2017
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Bruce Willis, Deb G. Girdler, Gethin Anthony, Hayden Christensen, Magi Avila

2017

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critics

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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Ratings

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First Kill

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Lionsgate Premiere | Release Date: July 21, 2017

Starring: Bruce Willis, Deb G. Girdler, Gethin Anthony, Hayden Christensen, Magi Avila, Megan Leonard, Shea Buckner, Ty Shelton, Tyler J. Olson, William DeMeo

Summary: In order to reconnect with his son Danny (Ty Shelton), big shot Wall Street broker Will (Hayden Christensen) takes his family on a hunting trip to the cabin where he grew up. While out hunting with Danny, the trip takes a deadly turn when they stumble upon several robbers and witness the murder of one of the criminals. After becomingIn order to reconnect with his son Danny (Ty Shelton), big shot Wall Street broker Will (Hayden Christensen) takes his family on a hunting trip to the cabin where he grew up. While out hunting with Danny, the trip takes a deadly turn when they stumble upon several robbers and witness the murder of one of the criminals. After becoming entangled in a bank heist gone bad that results in the kidnapping of Danny, Will is forced to help the kidnappers evade the police chief (Bruce Willis) and recover the stolen loot in exchange for his son's life. [Lionsgate Premiere]… Expand

Director: Steven C. Miller

Genre(s): Action, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 97 min

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Chicago Sun-Times - Richard Roeper

Jul 20, 2017

The blood-soaked potboiler First Kill is Generous Pour through and through, from Bruce Willis playing a cop for the umpteenth time in his career to the old switcheroo we can see coming a mile away to the pounding and overwrought score to some genuinely effective detours and subplots. Read full review

The New York Times - Neil Genzlinger

Jul 20, 2017

The movie, directed by Steven C. Miller, doesn’t hold a lot of surprises, but there is worse terror-in-the-woods fare out there — rather a lot of it, in fact. Read full review

Village Voice - Craig D. Lindsey

Jul 20, 2017

Christensen is impressive as a man who uses his wits and keeps cool. His straight-faced dedication is quite the contrast to the blatant disgust Willis reveals in his performance (and, really, for the whole movie). This actually makes First Kill a surprisingly fascinating study of two leading actors. Read full review

Variety - Peter Debruge

Jul 26, 2017

Frankly, if forced to bet between John McClane and Anakin Skywalker, I’d take the “Die Hard” tough guy every time, but that’s just the underdog factor Miller is going for, staging a reasonably entertaining series of off-road chases and backwoods shootouts en route to that final confrontation. Read full review

Slant Magazine - Keith Watson

Jul 20, 2017

Lacking any vibrancy, wit, or formal rigor, First Kill is not only as bland and leaden as its über-generic title suggests, it's downright sloppy to boot. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Katie Walsh

Jul 20, 2017

Every character states their inner motivation out loud, often without prompting, making for a film that loses its intrigue almost immediately. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Frank Scheck

Jul 20, 2017

It’s all pretty tedious, with Miller failing to infuse the proceedings with the stylistic flair necessary to compensate for the cliché-ridden plotline, whose twists can be seen a mile away. Read full review

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Ralfbergs

Jul 7, 2018

I love Bruce Willis's acting, but this movie could've been much better. I mean they make it off as an exciting thriller while in the end it turns out to be not as interesting as hoped for and overall quite predictable.

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tipar

Oct 28, 2018

I have seen better but you can see the whole thing without doing a big if any, effort.

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CoKronakan

Jun 25, 2018

Don't know what happened with these two once great actors career that they are dropping their dignity to join in for a below average movie. First of all the writing is like it the script was done by a 5 year old and being awfully basic and I think dumb is the best attribute I can give it.Don't know what happened with these two once great actors career that they are dropping their dignity to join in for a below average movie. First of all the writing is like it the script was done by a 5 year old and being awfully basic and I think dumb is the best attribute I can give it. The directing style is just painful even for your eyes not to even mention the bad style of how the whole movie was shot. The actors just didn't have who to work with. Which doesn't help the movie overall. The plot of the movie was a typical template and the winning formula to an overly exaggerated cliche movie, and a painfully cheese 'Happy Ending'. It had absolutely no depth to it, even the concept of the plot was bad. And based on the fact that this was a thriller it's should be 0/10 because there is nothing thrilling in it. It wasn't fun to watch this movie, if anything it was chore. And it wasn't entertaining either. So overall the movie is a bad movie which did everything they could wrong with a movie. They are lucky that it was produced by a larger publisher.… Expand

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MattBrady99

Sep 15, 2018

It's generic in every sense of the word.

Nothing more offensive than a action movie being dull. Well, at least Hayden Christensen isn't awful and gives a decent performance. Unfortunately, the same can't be said about Bruce Willis, who's after that pay check again.

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