Kill Switch
Kill Switch
R | 07 October 2008 (USA)
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A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.

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Nessieldwi

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

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Micah Lloyd

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

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Sameer Callahan

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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Skyler

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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t-boost

Total waist of time ,,,, Segale ,,,, You are overrated

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Comeuppance Reviews

Set in Memphis, Tennessee, Kill Switch is the story of one Jacob (Seagal) a cop who will use any means necessary to get the information he wants. Plaguing the city is a serial killer named Lazarus (Filipowich), who leaves clues which must be deciphered at the scenes of his crimes, which means Jacob must go to the library to try and figure them out. Meanwhile, another scumbag, Billy Joe Hill (Collie) is causing mayhem on the streets as well. Jacob is also busy fighting the traumatic memories in his head, but he has his partner, Storm (King) and his pal The Coroner (Hayes) to help him out. With the pressure mounting and the body count rising (mainly because of Jacob) who will finally flip the KILL SWITCH? Another year, another Nu-Image Seagal. Frankly, we feel that Kill Switch is one of the worst latter-day Seagals. It's filled with stupid quick cuts and herky-jerky camera moves that are likely to give you whiplash. The "fight scenes", such as they are, are repetitive, overlong and poorly executed (but to be fair, they can be unintentionally funny, more on that later), and the plot is nothing you wouldn't see on any TV procedural. Seeing as Seagal's name is Jacob in the movie, perhaps the closest parallel is Jake and the Fat Man. But in a wild twist, Jake IS the fat man. What a mind-blower.It's important to remember that this movie came out around the time that Seagal's reality show Lawman was hitting the airwaves. So we get more police work from a guy with an absurd "Southern" accent. And seeing as Seagal managed to write the script, other characters call him "a genius" among other compliments, although evidence of genius, or even mild intelligence, are not really on display. Seagal could have written anything for himself, but he chose to make Jacob a horrible torturer, just like the character he plays in Driven To Kill (2009). There's no possible way an audience can like this character as he's brutally, mercilessly, amorally, unnecessarily torturing his victims. Adding a miscast Isaac Hayes as The Coroner (Seagal didn't even bother to give him a proper name) and a partner that looks like a bloated Philip Michael Thomas (interestingly enough, he's played by another 3-named guy with the name "Thomas" somewhere in there - maybe Seagal thought it WAS PMT and got confused) don't help matters.And as for the fight scenes, oh dear...what appears to be happening is Seagal just stands there, while stunt doubles Nicholas Harrison and Dian Hristov (we feel their names should be known to the world, as they are the ones doing all the work) don over-sized leather jackets and ridiculous wigs and pretend to be Jacob. The way this is all edited together is laughable. It's so blindingly obvious it's not Seagal, a child could see it. Who do they think they're fooling? And the real crime is that the scenes, especially the first major one in the bar, go on for a ridiculously long time, leaving the viewer ample opportunity to see Harrison and Hristov. If the fight scene had just been "quick and dirty", as they say, not to mention edited properly, there's a strong chance we wouldn't notice the stunt doubles. But no, it's almost like Seagal wanted us to see them.If you always wanted to see Zodiac (2007) but with ridiculous hair, here's your movie. It would be interesting for Seagal to try and play a character that is even a little bit likable. But no, it's just editing a guy jumping out a window 17 times and tacking on a completely nonsensical ending. Do not engage this Kill Switch.For more action insanity, drop by: www.comeuppancereviews.com

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Kevin Schotte

I've watched this movie last night and I didn't like it at all!1)The acting by all the "actors" in this movie was BAD! 2)Steven Seagal and the rest of the cast seemed uninspired! 3)Steven Seagal spoke with a ridiculous accent! 4)Steven Seagals' voice was dubbed numerous times! 5)The fight scenes were chaotic! 6)A stunt double was used in most of the fight scenes! 7)The two "bad" guys were just as intimidating as my goldfish! 8)Steven Seagals' movies shouldn't contains love-scenes with him in it, it looks stupid and not credible. 9) The fight scenes contained repeated shots of the same punches/kicks and facial expressions of Seagal! 10)The ending of the movie made no sense at all! Did he cheat on his wife? Did he pretend to be his murdered twin brother?...and I could go on and on...but I won't! KILLSWITCH is a waste of time and money...

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enquire7

I was a devout Steven Seagal fan for years but his recent movies are major disappointments.To begin with, Seagal is looking increasingly like he's missed too many visits to the salad bar. His face is red and puffed up like a blow-fish and you don't even need the slow motion function to see that he is now simply incapable of doing his own stunts. The fight scenes look very suspect and the supposedly clever camera angles fail miserably in convincing the audience that the much leaner and agile stunt man is in fact Seagal. The plot is weak an his pistol never runs out of ammo.This is daylight robbery. Seagal is getting paid to act and as a paying customer, I am expecting to get my money's worth. Instead, what I get is an over-sized action hero who looks out of breath even when he's talking on the phone - never mind fighting using a stunt man.His low-budget, straight to DVD films receive poor reviews and yet he continues to have a loyal following. Its time he demonstrated his appreciation to his fans by shedding the pounds and giving them what they really want to see; Steven Seagal using his graceful Aikido moves to kick butt.

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