Killing Time (1998)

Just perfect...

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Watched this film on the recomedation of my so called mate scott, little did i know what a pile of tripe it was, the film didn't know what it wanted to be and the use of Eastenders "Dan" (also of cliffhanger-"Loud mouth, punk slag fame") only added to the comedy. If youve got a mate who says it is good, he is lying or mental. Watch it if it is on tele.

It's such a shame that the acting in Killing Time is unbelievably bad. The film does have a decent plot, and the lead role of Maria the Assassin, played by Kendra Torgen is worth renting the film just for her. She is stunning! It's a shame she isn't in any other movies..yet.As for Killing Time, the film is set (I think) in Newcastle, Northern England. I've seen Get Carter (The 1971 version), which was also a gangster movie set in Newcastle, and decided to give this a whirl.***** SPOLIERS AHEAD... Do not Read, If You Havent Seen the Film!!! *** I quite enjoyed it. The story of a semi-corrupt cop who hires an Italian Hit-Woman, who speaks no English, to kill off a Gangster boss that has killed his partner. He then hires another group of hitmen to kill of her, after she has completed her job!The fun starts, then. She has some spare time, until her intended target arrives on the 17:40 train. So, she takes baths, kills off the target's henchmen, and also has to deal with the guys that are trying to kill her. She also learns English from a "Learn English" cassette, which becomes apparent at the end of the film. It's a good film, with some funny humour, it's just a shame the acting is sooo terrible, and the lovely Ms. Torgen hasnt appeared in anything else to date.

This was a wonderful movie. It was a little slow at times, and the subplot was a little annoying, but by the time the credits rolled I was an absolute fan. The movie from the hitwoman's perspective was stylish and fun, Kendra Torgan did a wonderful job. This film is a treasure in the hitman genre of films.

Ever since films like Trainspotting and Pulp Fiction, novice filmmakers everywhere have made attempts at creating unnecessary conversational dialog that isn't paramount to the movement of the story. That is my biggest complaint about Killing Time. Characters who spend most of their (and mine) time chatting about a subject we couldn't care less about. Nalluri's direction of action sequences was slow and completely lacked suspense, ripped straight from Luc Besson. The only thing this film has going for it is its lead actress, Kendra Torgen. Extremely beautiful with her icy blue eyes that conveyed no mercy. Hopefully we'll see her again. But her talent is wasted. She's given nothing to do. No good assassin would use a victim as target practice, and let a bell-hop in when she knows he'll have to die if he sees what's going on. And why did she have one gun with a silencer and one without? Luckily, I rented this mess on $.99 cent Sunday at my video store. But still, I could've had a bag of Doritos instead.