To Kill a Killer (2007)
Salomon Caramona and Lyndsey Jimenez are a hit-man and his wife who have to flee Mexico to Chicago when Caramona doesn't finish a hit. Unknown to him, the man that hired Caramona for the original hit, tracks him down in Chicago and is willing to forgive the original hit if the former assassin will find a serial killer that tortured and murdered his daughter.
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Sadly Over-hyped
Great Film overall
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
This indie thriller is another amateur effort masquerading as a mainstream film. It has a not-bad story about a professional hitman who hunts a serial killer who ends up targeting his own family, but the staging is very amateurish and the experience is spoilt by below par camerawork throughout. Add in the usual gamut of indifferent performances and uninteresting scripting and you have a difficult film to watch.
If To Kill a Killer had been made with a big budget but with the same actors in their roles, it probably would have been some sort of hit.The premise is pretty simple: Salomon Caramona and Lyndsey Jimenez are a hit-man and his wife who have to flee Mexico to Chicago when Caramona doesn't finish a hit.Unknown to him, the man that hired Caramona for the original hit, tracks him down in Chicago and is willing to forgive the original hit if the former assassin will find a serial killer that tortured and murdered his daughter.Uneven at times, the suspense still keeps you enthralled to what is going to happen next. Many twists and turns keep the film from being another boring snuff film.And Jimenez, wow, in her debut role is outstanding as the cold, callous and even more dangerous wife Annabel.She could be a star in the making.For low budget film making, this one was pretty masterful.