Home Kills

Great film. Didn't see where it was going, so it was a bit of a twist ending. I usually can tell that stuff. Dark stuff also. Filmed really well. I really liked the countryside locations. Beautiful but grim. Didn't recognise the actors but they were all amazing. I especially liked the girl in it. Had a great vulnerability, reminds me I got to watch more stuff from New Zealand. Didn't realise grim stuff could happen in the countryside over there. There was funny bits too. Which was a bit of a surprise also. I thinks it's a definite watch from me. Highly recommend. The trailer didn't do it justice in my opinion.

I loved this movie, and found it thoroughly engaging from start to finish. I usually don't watch movies if they are more than about 90 minutes long, but for this one I was glad I made an exception. As others here have said, the two main actors do a great job/are totally believable; at least to me, an Australian guy. Maybe many of the subtleties of this movie will be lost on viewers who are not from 'Noo Zulland' or Australia ... but maybe not. GREAT MOVIE, and another to come out of New Zealand proving that you do not need to spend 'big bucks' to make one. Huge ups to the two main actors (the two brothers in the movie), and the director. Excellent stuff. Make more movies you guys, please.

A darkly original plot in the best New Zealand film for years. Before I retired, I reviewed movies during the heydays of videotape for the local paper. After having seen so many movies it's great to see an original storyline inhabited by credible characters. The actors' low key delivery combines with the cinematography that captures the unique New Zealand scenery - some places familiar where I grew up. Effective dialogue, scripting and editing show cases a film that engrosses the viewer as the plot unfolds with a twist. Like the Paris Olympics results this film punches above its weight. A Gold medal goes to Home Kills.

Well that wasn't what I was expecting .. It was much better. The actors did a great job. When you think about the title 'Home Kills', the movie was produced tastefully, including the F and C words. The Kiwi humor runs riot throughout the movie. And legal controversy is right there in your face. The story line, without giving anything away, I would say the writter was thinking 100% outside the box to bring the movie to fruition. Filmed in the Mighty Waikato utilising old farmland scenery in the Maungatautari area, among other familiar landmarks to the locals. Overall.. a job well done and congratulations to all involved.

Home Kills is a darkly funny, quietly gripping rural thriller that captures so much of what makes New Zealand storytelling great. The characters feel lived-in and real, the dialogue crackles with understated humour, and the film leans into its Kiwi identity without ever feeling forced. I loved its dry wit, atmospheric setting, and the authenticity of small-town life-equal parts ordinary and unsettling.

I saw this film in our local independent cinema. It's a real shame this didn't reach a wider audience. Films like this deserve to be seen well beyond our borders. Clever, grounded, and surprisingly tense-Home Kills is a gem.