Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

jasonallan0072003 Yes I've seen The Killing Zone and it blew me away! It's Lock stock meets Get Carter! Way better than Layer Cake (even dear old Lock stock) it's got great photography, cool acting, in parts funny and very engaging (I loved Matthew Palmer) But what I really liked about it was the way it was directed (Fine work Mr Diaz) scenes were actually very exciting so that at times you felt concerned when certain characters were in peril. All UK thriller movies should be made this way! I can't believe I missed this movie when I was in the UK five years ago. Anyhow, go see it you'll love it, trust me!

katanguigena Stop the presses - I just saw the most awesome film! For all you film buffs out there who consider yourselves aficionados of great cult classics, remove yourselves from the hall of fame if you haven't packed your pieces and entered into The Killing Zone.It was a Friday night like any other - having seen like every worthy cult classic at the corner video store; I was forced into the mundane void of new-release land. What is that section all about? The Million copies of `Gweneth In Love With Herself' and `I Married A Warner Brothers Executive' stranded me in a sea of schlock. I was drowning! Throw me a life-vest (preferably without Leo DiCaprio attached!) My hand stretched out towards this brightly colored indie film cover. Saved, but by no means out of danger.Watching The Killing Zone I was immediately transported to that feeling you get when you know you are watching an underground classic for the first time. Repo Man, Blue Velvet, She's Gotta Have It. You know this one is going to stay with you and provide an endless supply of super cool tag lines to get you out of sticky situations.`I'm not a happy-bunny.'`You don't need a gun to sell a computer!'And one that I'll be firing at American Express next time they call:`Ya don't wanna vex me, ya don't wanna f**ck with me!'This London Crime Thriller is the real thing, and makes Guy Ritchie's films look like a tourist trip around Buckingham Palace on a Double Decker Bus. If you've seen Snatch, you'll know what I mean!With worthy performances by Padraig Casey & Nicola Stapleton, and an exceptional performance by Mark Bowden with his witty English take on The Surfer Dude icon, this film is a whomping triumph for talented newcomers. Forget Barry Sears, if you really want to be `in your zone,' get into `The Killing Zone'.

mwalker78 I'm pleased to say there are many reviews of this film circulating (Ain't it Cool included), and I haven't seen a bad one yet.I saw The Killing Zone myself at its market screening in Cannes last year, and I'm so glad to see it's finally getting wider circulation. What stuns me is how it didn't achieve a theatrical release in the UK, while other lesser films received silver screen treatment they didn't deserve.So what is it that makes me like this film so much?Well firstly, it's so refreshing to see a British film which avoids grim locations and subjects. The Zone's makers have clearly set out first and foremost to create a commercial feature, to make it as slick, glossy, stylish and cool as they can. And boy, do they succeed.The lighting, camera and sound are all engineered to give a distinctly American sheen to the clearly British Crime scene. And the music too; a real orchestral sound, built around John Barry 60s motifs by Guy Michelmore, adds depth and resonance to scenes already well written and performed, highlighting moments which twist from the painfully tense, to side-splittingly funny (though I wasn't so sure about the use of electric guitars in the second story). The writer-director, Ian David Diaz, isn't above throwing our expectations too. I won't spoil it for you, but I was pleased and surprised to be caught off guard by the odd revelation and surprise moment. You can see Diaz's influences; clearly the 60s Harry Palmer films and Tarantino (the Zone is basically three stories in one film) are guesting in his writing and direction, but Diaz makes such influences his own. An assured and knowing debut.All the performances are top-notch, though a couple of the lesser roles come across a little shaky, and distracted a bit from the main action. The lead, Padraig Casey as Palmer, gives an un-nervingly cold face to the anti-hero assassin, so used to killing he knows little feeling himself now. An odd contrast to Palmer's buddy, Lance - played with relish by Mark Bowden. A journalist beer-guzzler writing Palmer's biography, Lance is not above a willingness to selfishly cut his losses when the going gets tough in the third story. The women shine too; Melissa Simonetti is a gleefully deranged hired gun "Woman in Black" in the second story, and Nicola Stapleton's sexy Kerry - Palmer's girl - communicates perfectly the young girl's desperate situation in the third story. Generally I'm surprised such a cast aren't seen more in the British film scene.Above all I'm stunned at what was achieved with so little money. Check out the makers' website, where they tell you how they did it. Impressive.Better than Lock Stock, in my opinion. And not a chirpy, cheeky cockney in sight.I hope you're making another film soon, Mr Diaz.

samfuller555 The Killing Zone is one of the best low budget films I've seen in a long time! I'd say it's even better than that other UK gangster flick, Lock Stock! (If I see a bleached-looking film again, I'll scream!) Why on earth didn't this film get a theatrical release, lord knows? It's totally awesome!!!!! Great writing, great lighting, cool sound effects (the sound for hero's gun is wild), and the music...that should be released by itself!And the performances - they're the bomb! Convincing, believable, funny. Yeah! I noticed even Harry Knowles and the Ain't it Cool mob loved it - you should see their review!I loved every moment of this picture, to the way it was directed to the way it was produced- when it comes out over here in the States I urge you - my fellow Americans - to see it. Sam Fuller.