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Great Kills

  • TV Series
  • 2023–
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Great Kills (2023)
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A documentary film crew callously record the life and violent crimes of a lonely hit man from Great Kills, Staten Island.A documentary film crew callously record the life and violent crimes of a lonely hit man from Great Kills, Staten Island.A documentary film crew callously record the life and violent crimes of a lonely hit man from Great Kills, Staten Island.

  • Creators
    • Lisa Hammer
    • James Merendino
  • Stars
    • Steve Stanulis
    • James Merendino
    • Lisa Hammer
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    3.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Creators
      • Lisa Hammer
      • James Merendino
    • Stars
      • Steve Stanulis
      • James Merendino
      • Lisa Hammer
    • 63User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Steve Stanulis
    Steve Stanulis
    • Thomas Lynch
    • 2023
    James Merendino
    James Merendino
    • James Terror
    • 2023
    Lisa Hammer
    Lisa Hammer
    • Lisa Terror
    • 2023
    Levi Wilson
    Levi Wilson
    • Levi Hammer
    • 2023
    Bai Ling
    Bai Ling
    • Bai
    • 2023
    Cathy Moriarty
    Cathy Moriarty
    • Victoria
    • 2023
    Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts
    • Eric
    • 2023
    Anna Rezan
    Anna Rezan
    • Lizzy
    • 2023
    Sage Spielman
    Sage Spielman
    • Sage
    • 2023
    Grace Field
    Grace Field
    • Grace
    • 2023
    Anthony Robert Grasso
    Anthony Robert Grasso
    • Arthur
    • 2023
    Pat Patterson
    Pat Patterson
    • Pat
    • 2023
    James A DeSimone
    James A DeSimone
    • Carlo
    • 2023
    John Bianco
    John Bianco
    • Det. John Morino
    • 2023
    Christina Mavronas
    Christina Mavronas
    • 2023
    Andrew J. Langton
    • Frank Ricci
    • 2023
    Bari Hyman
    Bari Hyman
    • Grandma Lynch
    • 2023
    Tracey B. Wilson
    Tracey B. Wilson
    • Jules (The Banana) Lynch
    • 2023
    • Creators
      • Lisa Hammer
      • James Merendino
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    JaM1009

    Great Kills, Good Times.

    It's a great show. Steve Stanulis is remarkable as are the rest of the cast. Honest performances and on point. Shot well. Story is solid. And it's got lots of laughs.

    It's an eight part series with lots of laughs. It's got a pretty cynical view on the media and life in general, which I like.

    And I would recommend this to anyone that just wants a quick and fun experience.

    I'm not gonna say it's a masterpiece. But it's a masterpiece. These guys nailed it. Seriously. I never write reviews. Congrats to all involved. I hope there's more to come from this group. I really had a good time. I gave it a 10.
    10CremeFraiche

    An homage to the quirkiness of Staten Island

    What happens in Staten Island stays in Staten Island!

    I love the dark humor throughout this series. It is a great binge. Funny and very suspenseful.

    Amazing performances directed by none other than iconic SLC Punk! Director James Merendino, who also plays a key role in the series. Steve Stanulis reminds me of Michael Douglas in Falling Down.

    Love all the female actors who play the co-director, the mob-boss the girlfriend and the grandma. Such interesting multi-dimensional female characters. Women of Staten Island are hardcore.

    I can't wait to see where the characters are next season. What a great Tubi surprise!
    8petraolson

    I think this TV show is really underrated.

    I binged Great Kills this weekend. It was recommended to me on Facebook. I saw that there are some really good reviews, but I don't see the kind of spoilers like I see for something like Succession.

    I understand that there aren't the same recognizable faces in this. But to my eyes the two shows look similar. And I really only recognize Brian Cox from Succession.

    In Great Kills I don't recognize anyone. But what does that matter? It's meant to be a documentary about something so crazy that it should have been ridiculous. Or just bad. And it is really funny. A documentary about a killer who is killing people and the documentary people film him like he's a mechanic or some other normal blue collar guy. In real life these people would be dead.

    It should be terrible. I'm not one for dark humor. And it is suggested as dark humor. But, I found it funny, relatable and it's now my favorite show on TV next to Succession. I love this man who plays the killer and all the people in his life.

    The killing scenes are sometimes hard for me to watch, but then the killer is with his girlfriend or fighting with the documentary people or he's worried about his sister or grandma or his pets and I just love it all.

    It also gets very sad (Be warned).

    I would date this man. That is how well this TV show does to suck you in. And, like Succession, there are no big effects or tricky photography. They just tel it straight.

    So my only question is... why are there no spoilers or recaps on YouTube? Where are the awards? Is it really only because it doesn't have a movie star like Brian Cox? Seriously? He's not even that big of a star.

    If this TV show is not nominated of an Emmy or Golden Globe I will be annoyed. It's just as good as the best.
    8warrencharles9833

    Entertaining

    Please, when is season 2 coming? I randomly found this on Tubi and to my surprise it was addictive. I've binge watched this 2 times in the past week and I wanted more. It's not over the top, done with the perfect amount of dark humor and crime/horror which really made it a solid series. Also from someone who has never been to New York and the fact that Great Kills is actually a neighborhood made it that more trippy. Genius filmmaking, other indie filmmakers need to take note - this is how you make a solid series. Good character development and the last episode really is a cliffhanger. Excellent.
    9robercox-33154

    Doc-sploitation at its finest

    This show is hilarious by itself, but what's interesting and impressive about this series is how much of the humor is never even said but implied. First, the best joke of all is that a hitman would ever even agree to be in a documentary in the first place. There's a good blend of dry British style humor, absurdism, satire and full on next-level meta comedy.

    What appear to be "problems" with production value are largely intentional, so don't get turned off until you see how its part of the joke. For instance the sound guy screwing up the shots (he's in almost every frame of the documentary in the first episode). It's almost like a blend of reality TV and the old exploitation films, where campiness is an integral part of the mix. However, to me it leaned a bit too much towards the latter in a few places, there are a few reactions to major events that were underacted in my opinion, and I think the kills could have been a bit more convincing. I'm fairly sure these were also part of the style and artistic direction, but I was personally hoping for something a little more dark.

    Definitely one of the best shows available on the non-mainstream streaming platforms, the premise itself was brilliant and I was excited for over a year to finally see it, I'm glad to see it was pulled off very well. Check this one out for sure!

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      • March 25, 2023 (United States)
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