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Kill Switch

  • Video
  • 2008
  • R
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
5.4K
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Steven Seagal in Kill Switch (2008)
A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.
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A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.

  • Director
    • Jeff King
  • Writer
    • Steven Seagal
  • Stars
    • Steven Seagal
    • Isaac Hayes
    • Holly Elissa
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.8/10
    5.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jeff King
    • Writer
      • Steven Seagal
    • Stars
      • Steven Seagal
      • Isaac Hayes
      • Holly Elissa
    • 74User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Steven Seagal
    Steven Seagal
    • Jacob
    Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes
    • Coroner
    Holly Elissa
    Holly Elissa
    • Frankie Miller
    • (as Holly Elissa Dignard)
    Michael Filipowich
    Michael Filipowich
    • Lazerus
    Chris Thomas King
    Chris Thomas King
    • Storm
    Mark Collie
    Mark Collie
    • Billy Joe Hill
    Karyn Michelle Baltzer
    Karyn Michelle Baltzer
    • Celine
    Philip Granger
    Philip Granger
    • Captain Jensen
    Riley Jang
    • Young Jacob
    Connor Jang
    • Young Daniel
    Finn Michael
    Finn Michael
    • Flashback Killer
    Aliyah O'Brien
    Aliyah O'Brien
    • Judith
    David Patrick Green
    David Patrick Green
    • Lead Officer
    Holly Eglinton
    • Prostitute
    Reese Alexander
    Reese Alexander
    • Bomb Squad Officer
    Apollonia Vanova
    Apollonia Vanova
    • Jessica Trimble
    Daniella Evangelista
    Daniella Evangelista
    • Barmaid
    Chris Bradford
    Chris Bradford
    • Lance
    • Director
      • Jeff King
    • Writer
      • Steven Seagal
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    User reviews74

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    3HJordan975695

    There was a scene in which a perp was kicked out of a window by Seagal and 13 repeat cuts were shown in that scene and I liked that scene.

    There, now that I've stated my favorite part of the film, let's talk about the rest. "Kill Switch" is a terrible film that tries to copy the ideas from the 2007 masterpiece "Zodiac", but fails miserably in a very laughable way. The editing is an absolute joke, the fight scenes make "Fatal Deviation" look Oscar-worthy, and Seagal speaks in a terrible accent that supposedly sounds Southern, but I'm really not sure. The only good thing is that it is riffable for its content, and that Isaac Hayes made his peniultimate cameo on the silver screen. Oh, and one more thing to note: ze clown joke is a no.
    4shakercoola

    Excessively brutal serial killer mishmash

    An American action thriller; A story about a homicide detective with a reputation for violent street-justice methods who partners with another detective and a coroner to track a psychopathic killer leaving cryptic clues. Murders are being perpetrated by a serial killer who leaves cryptic clues. King goes on a brutal rampage with the assistance of his partner. Next stop Memphis for Steven Seagal. With plenty of action and fighting sequences of arresting brutality, the film keeps the viewer diverted but there is also plenty of distraction from its poor production values. Looped action replays of key pieces of action are used for emphasis, jump editing and fast intercutting gives it a jittery feel. Also, Seagal is often body-doubled without much effort for disguise. All in all, it's a well=paced procedural but it's hard to recommend for the overwrought storyline, poor acting performances, poor editing and direction.
    2calgar666

    Another Segal movie

    When I started to watch this movie and saw that Seagal wrote it I got the feeling that this wasn't going to be a good movie. First of all Seagal is his usual self showing of his awesome acting skills. To support him in this movie Isaac Hayes has the role of the forensic doctor and he is awful.

    The way this movie i cut in its action scenes is very annoying, every punch is seen 2-4 times and every so often you get a close-up at Seagal looking grim. The choreography in the fight is also bad, since there basically isn't any to be found. The fights are mostly Seagal holding a guy and punching him in the face repeatedly. The gun fights are just as bad and you start to wonder how Seagals character ever made it into the police force, because he can't hit anything at all.

    All in all, this movie sucks
    6tardigrade81

    It was OK if you knew what to expect.

    Well after reading all the reviews on here, I went out and rented it expecting a good laugh and a horrid film, and to my surprise I ended up finding it pretty entertaining. I will say this, I am very upset he would make such a poor film after making 2 very good films: Pistol Whipped, and Urban Justice.

    HOWEVER with that aside even knowing there was the classic stunt double in most of the scenes there was still quite a bit of action and yes the editing and showing every punch a billion times got annoying, but for some reason I was able to sit through it and laugh and a lot of the scenes and actually found the stunt double to be very good at what he did.... And surprisingly the scenes where Seagal actually did fight (the end) he looked pretty good himself....

    Maybe some need to watch it again knowing what to expect this time haha.... If your looking for a classic Seagal movie like Our for Justice, or Hard to Kill this is not the one for you... but if your like me and have seen his straight to video movies as of late I would say go out and rent it.... what do you have to lose.

    By the way Black Dawn, Shadow Man, and Flight of Fury were all way worse in my opinion. So its not like its the absolute worst yet, but compared to Pistold Whipped, and Urban Justice I am very displeased.
    3JoeytheBrit

    A Mess.

    The name 'Steven Seagal' may not put the fear of God into many people these days, but when it is preceded by the two little words 'written by' it is something to strike fear in the hearts of stronger men than me. Summoning that peculiar kind of bravery possessed by a masochist equipped with a dozen clothes pegs and a wet shoelace I girded my loins and pressed the 'forward' button on my remote. There was no going back now, like one of Seagal's on screen sparring partners I was to be exposed to every sweaty punch and chop the big (big) man chose to throw in my direction.

    I can get back the precious 8% of available recording time KillSwitch occupied on my Sky box, and the 90 minutes I lost watching the film are, in the grand scheme of things, only a minimal fraction of my intended lifespan, but my faith in the movie-making business may never be the same after watching this unholy mess.

    The story is rubbish – that was to be expected after we learned who the screenwriter was – but the direction and editing in this film are surely something to be amazed by. The direction varies from pedestrian to excruciatingly bad – we see one bad guy crashing through a window half-a-dozen times, another bad guy collapse onto a table three times, etc. The editor keeps cutting away from the fights to the same headshot of Seagal in which he looks like a mildly interested bystander. In one fight scene, his opponent's bloody scars keeping appearing and disappearing. Another fight seems to go on forever, with all participants seeming to possess super-heroic stamina levels, and you end up watching in stupefaction, not quite able to believe that a movie fight scene is actually boring you.

    Seagal plays a Southern cop with issues. It seems he witnessed the murder of his brother when he was a kid. What bearing this has on his present-day pursuit of a serial killer is never really explained. Neither is the identity or motive of the murderer. In fact the incident just seems to have been added to fill out the running time, give the director (whoever he is – I really can't be bothered to check) a chance to show off all the flashy tricks he learned while balancing on top of a dustbin to peer through the window of the local film studies classroom, and to give Seagal the opportunity to come over all broody every now and then.

    Seagal was never sylph-like but, judging by the way we are treated to a lot of head-and-shoulder shots but hardly any full-lengths shots of him, his girth has expanded considerably since the 90s. In fact, he doesn't even move when he fights: he just parries his opponents' blow and waits for them to stray close enough for him to fell them with his meaty paw.

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    • Trivia
      In the film, there is a clear tension between Seagal and actress Holly Elissa's character. It wasn't supposed to be that way, but it reflected the tension behind the cameras after Seagal, having made a pass on Holly and being turned down, developed a hatred for her. One of the cast members, Chris Thomas King, remembered how Seagal would send flowers and chocolates and DVD films for her, and they would laugh at his back at how disconnected from reality he was. Seagal campaigned to remove her and substitute her with actress Tamara Davies, Seagal's friend and real life judo/jiu-jitsu practitioner, but the studio said no. Actor Mark Collie, who played the villain, was actually thrown out of the window by a very frustrated Seagal when he didn't get things his way and was threatened by the director that he would be replaced by Christopher Lambert or Rutger Hauer next time he would try to create trouble.
    • Goofs
      Shows the same face of Jacob (Steven Seagal) in the first bar fight scene multiple time before showing his stunt double kicking their ass.
    • Quotes

      Jacob: Lord have mercy.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sven Uslings Bio: 2021 års sämsta filmer Del 2: Plats 10-1 (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Assets
      Written by S Two, Waldo Brown, The Battery and D Squared

      Performed by Dane DeViller, Steve Smith and Sean Hosein

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    • Release date
      • October 7, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Killing Point
    • Filming locations
      • Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Millennium Films
      • Insight Film Studios
      • Cinetel Films
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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $382,084
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 36m(96 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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