New Town Killers

  • 2009


MOVIE IS illogical curious depressing ambitious fancifully
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23 %
45 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 6
Negative reviews 10
Average Rating 2.3/5
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1.0
As a Jobson movie, its worse: occasional flashes of brilliance merely bear testimony to how the director has squandered his innovative eye, social nou .. Time Out
1.0
This is shocking, it suggests David Finchers The Game shot by crackheads running around with cheap DV cameras. Telegraph
4.0
Genuinely thrilling urban chase. The tension just keeps ratcheting up.
1.5
Brutal and contrived, this Scottish thriller just makes too little sense to hold our attention. It may be filmed with a lot of style, but its also pre .. Shadows On The Wall
1.5
A series of illogical twists derails a chase movie that ends in the unfortunate metaphor of an empty box. Guardian
2.0
Given that its basically one big chase, theres something awfully snoozy about this latest from Richard Jobson a sort of cut price, Scottish set Hostel .. Guardian
4.5
If its deadly game of cat and mouse is styled like a fancifully violent video game, the social divisions it exposes are real enough. Eye For Film
3.0
Racing from lawless tenement to loveless townhouse, its grittier and gutsier than the cut price Running Man clone it threatens to become, a spiky litt .. Total Film
3.0
Nonetheless, theres plenty to admire on a visual and acting level here, and the basic plot is easy to became wrapped up in. Digital Spy
4.0
The gloomy back streets and alleyways of Edinburgh are the perfect setting for this heart in mouth thriller. The plot is frantic and taut and keeps yo .. The Sun
2.0
Caught between wanting to make a bold statement and deliver edge of the seat thrills, New Town Killers is a curious mix. Sky
2.0
The film has great visual flair, but the story is a heavy handed slice of modern melodrama that would have made Dickens blush. Entertainment Times Online ..
2.0
The look of the film is unpolished and several of the supporting performances are poor. Entertainment Times Online ..
1.5
A film featuring free running that makes this most bizarre of extreme pursuits appear positively pedestrian. Film4
1.0
So depressing, life sapping and unrelentingly nihilistic, words have yet to be invented to convey the sheer awfulness of this so called thriller. A co .. Daily Mirror (UK)
3.0
This is more ambitious than the majority of dreary low budget Brit flicks.



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