Tuer pour survivre

So found this one along and thought it looked like a modern western and it has one of my favorite actors in Michael Cudlitz - Shout out to Gross Point Blank- McDonough is always fun as a baddie.

POSITIVES; The cinematography was awesome. It was gritty and had a weird red vibe. It was old school with long shots and let the actors act. The sparse action scenes were cool and the f/x were solid and old school. This was definitely a love letter to old gangster films. The acting for the most part was great. Loved the Hutch role. Billy Blare was awesome.

NEGATIVES; It was billed as an action film. An article I saw said it was a western film too. It is not either. There is action in it and it was made in Texas, I think. But it's not a western. It's closer to a dixie mafia type film. Or like Justified without the action.

I didn't like the music. I appreciate what they were doing but it wasn't my favorite.

The film moves slow and that's okay for some people. But I think the way the movie preview made it look, some will think it's more action.

Overall really cool little gangster film. Some gritty moments too.

7/10.

Who makes this stuff?!

Low budget amateur hour effort from people who should have known better.

I just can't believe it.

These people should stick to whatever they were doing before they decided to make movies because they sure don't seem to have the talent for this field.

An absolute embarrassment.

Seems like they are trying to be camp but it comes across slow and dumb. If you like pure violence... you will be happy. If you are looking for action... the overall story here is lacking.

Your wife might even like this one, too, because it has Neal McDonough in it! Something about him really flips their love muscle!

Sure, the plot has been done - it's the quintessential story about a burnout hitman who grows a conscience and simply cannot kill for hire anymore. In this case, his target is a young man, Dash Melrose as Motley Adams, who does an excellent job in this role - he reminds of a young Patrick Dempsey ("Run"). Michael Cudlitz menaces as Jed Haywood - the boss - while Billy Blair menaces all as Hutch, the loyal psychopath tasked with managing Boon, who is clearly having a "bad day on the job".

I know you won't see this one at the Oscars, but I bet you watch it all the way through once you start it. My advice? Pack a lunch and plan to stay a while - this is a fun ride!

PS - also checkout the sequel, "Boon" - it's even better.

I was surprised to watch BOON and then this one to discover that the same actor played the very same character, what a coincidence. This is an agreeable action flick with an ambivalent lead hero, as the same character will be in the sequel BOON. But the ending of this one seems to be the actual sequel and not the sequel which on the contrary seems to be the prequel...Follow me? Good directing, and as I said for the other film, don't be too hard with this kind of production, it s smooth and not without a certain charm, a B rural western thriller, action thriller. I will get tired of this kind of stuff.