Kill Switch Review

Kill Switch

Release Date: 16th June 2017 - USA

Production Companies 

FilmNation Entertainment (presents)

Square One Entertainment (presents)

Rainmaker Films (presents)

CTM Productions BV

Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: M

Runtime: 92 minutes

Plot Summary (Retrieved from DVD Cover of Release)

In a terrifying future where a parallel Earth has been created to act as an energy resource for our dying planet. Trying to harness the power of this unstable universe will result in a global cataclysm... and only one man can try and prevent it - ex-NASA

pilot and physicist Will

Porter. But Alterplex, the

corrupt and secretive

mega-corporation that

controls this 'new world',

will stop at nothing to

ensure his mission fails.

Cast

Dan Stevens - Will Porter

Bérénice Marlohe - Abigail Vos

Tygo Gernandt - Michael

Charity Wakefield - Mia

Bas Keijzer - Bektman

Mike Libanon - Hugo

Mike Reus - Dr Klintsen

Kasper van Groesen - Donny

Gijs Scholten van Aschat - Reynard

Crew

Producer/Visual Effects Supervisor/Director - Tim Smit

Screenplay - C. Kindinger and Omid Nooshin

Executive Producers - Clay Pecorin, Russell Geyser, Thibaut Niels, Aaron Ryder,

Milan Popelka and Al Munteanu

Producers - Denis Wigman,
Sander Verdonk and Patrick Chu

Co-Producer - Michael A. Jackman

Creative Consultant - Willem van de Geijn

Casting Director - Rose Wicksteed

Production Designer - Romke Faber

Costume Designer - Foster Douze

Director of Photography - Jacco van Ree

Stunt Coordinator - Simon van Lammeren

Visual Effects Producer/Supervisor -
Chris Wenting

Visual Effects Supervisor - Anthi Tsirouki

Editor - Wouter van Luijn

Music - Seven League Beats

Review

Having not heard of KILL SWITCH, it's no wonder the film was that obscure. I found it on a secondhand DVD store in Parramatta. However, its premise, which got convened by the DVD cover, made me think the movie might be worth-watching. Unfortunately, this B-grade film feels more like Halo because it's shot from a perspective of a first-shooter video game brought to life in cinematic vision. I can't get over how its weirdness is comparable to another film. This feature is called Doom, and although I haven't seen all of it, I have seen enough to know it uses the same point-of-view camera angle. The special effects are decent in KILL SWITCH, but they don't add to the film.

Dan Stevens is the only notable actor in the movie and tries to give a compelling performance in his leading role. Unfortunately, his faux American accent was terrible and had only limited screen time.

KILL SWITCH could have been so much more to become a great sci-fi film, but nope, it disappoints us. I would advise you not to come around and go looking for this movie as it is not worth watching.

Star rating: (3/10) Disappointing

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