Age Of Kill 2015 Written by Simon Cluett and directed by Neil Jones.
Martin Kemp plays an MI5 sniper, Phil Davis plays his team leader. Phil orders Martin out to kill a man, turns out their target wasn't a baddie after all. Phil gets mad when the agency doesn't stand by him. Martin gets a call, a baddie named Jericho has kidnapped his daughter, Jericho needs Martin to kill some guys or she's dead. As an incentive Jericho kills Martin's current girlfriend and a handful of other people in front of Martin's apartment.
Martin goes along with the plan and starts killing the men Jericho has picked out. The police are hot on Martin's trail and soon they know who he is. The story unfolds rather predictably and people are killed left and right. It's rather dark and bleak and a good reminder that there are people in high positions in government who are just out and out evil. Still, nothing much stands out. I liked Martin Kemp and Phil Davies is the evil sort of prick he often plays. It looks alright but it's an unpleasant slog for some reason. I wouldn't need to bother with it again.
48 Hours To Live 2015 Written by Gregory Ramon Anderson, Rashad El Amin and Hannah Macpherson, directed by Benny Boom. Benny has directed about 100 music videos, he's only made two feature films including this one, and he's directed some TV. I pretty sure I haven't seen any of his other work. The film was released in 3D.
Some guy gets out of prison, after a 5 year stretch, and moves into a half way house. He'd been living on the streets with his sister when he got busted., He'd left her and lost touch with her. Out of the blue she calls, she's in trouble and is killed while on the phone. Her burnt body turns up for the police to find. They bring the brother in and want him to help them find the Sandman, a ruthless drug dealer, who they believe killed his sister.
The guy gets work at a club that his sister frequented, the owner, played by Tommy Flanagan, was her pal. The brother digs into her past while his catches up with him. He used to know all the drug kingpins and they all connect with him. While all this crime story is going on, Benny keeps slipping in dance scenes and melodramatic personal drama. Eventually the big reveal happens and then there's no real ending. I feel a hattrick of writers, and Benny, have failed me. It's noisy and it's colorful and it's forgettable. I won't need to see it again.
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