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Adam Z

13Feb12

this movie would be a masterpiece if you removed the narration and wrote a new score.

Stephen Campbell

2Feb12

Kubricks second film announced him as a major directing talent

Stanley Kubrick's meticulous race track noir is also a bitterly ironic deconstruction of a seemingly unattainable American Dream. Sterling Hayden, all but reprising his role from "The Asphalt Jungle", leads a point by point take down of the track's money vault, only to see his winnings explode in a horrible gust of mockery on an airport tarmac, as Kubrick suggests, nothing comes easy, for hoods or the like. Great.

Howard Orr

21Jan12

I admire it more than I like it, but its old-school noirness and influential structure make it a crucial bridge film between old and new Hollywood.

Shelley

12Jan12

a great, quick little noir film from who other than...Kubrick? it was hard to dive into at first but once I figured out what was going on, I was all ears/eyes. I would like to see this one again but there were definitely moments that my heart was pounding. the ending was terrific!

Salaway Gennaro

10Jan12

"the camera watches the whole shoddy show with the keen eye of a terrier stalking a pack of rats."–Time Magazine

Rohit Apte

13Dec11

The titles should have read GAME OVER at the end rather than THE END.

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davefilkins

18Nov11

Brilliant and ironic, one of my favorite noirs. I also love the interviews with Sterling Hayden about Kubrick and The Killing. "My agent Bill Schiffrin called me and he said, 'There's some weirdo out here from New York who's supposed to be a bloody genius and he's got a script that people think is great, but some of us know better. The problem is he tells everything five times from five different points of view.'"

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jamiek328

10Nov11

Oh wow, what a film! The characters are absolutely great! Especially Elisha Cook Jr., Who get's to take the focus of one of Kubrick's greatest shots. Not to mention the ending is the definition of a heart-pounder. GREAT film.

Anthony

25Oct11

Kubrick's film noir is gritty, ironic, and entertaining. The bar scene is great and that trouble-making dame and a dog brings the whole operation down.

Noeru Sensae

10Oct11

Absolute masterpiece when it comes to "film noir", one of my top faves ! The character study here is just brillant !

Ryan H.

21Sep11

It has a magnificent, for-the-ages ending. The rest of it is engaging enough, but it's not remarkable in the same way.

jmfran2

10Sep11

It's awesome that the Criterion Collection released The Killing on Blu-ray. I'm excited to get to watch it for the first time tonight.

CVH

6Sep11

Rated 'The Killing' 4 out of 5 stars

benvanloon

5Sep11

Kubrick kills it.

Steven

30Aug11

Johnny Clay: You like money. You've got a great big dollar sign there where most women have a heart.

Michael Gildea

25Aug11

Easily my favorite Stanley Kubrick movie. For as gritty as the astounding and understated cast, dialogue and story are and for as early into Kubrick's career as The Killing was, his direction and camerawork are the standout and real focal point of this movie. Its a beautiful combination of a film noir and a heist movie that remains unfairly unknown.

Posterocalypse

21Aug11

Just watched Kubrick’s The Killing and was really impressed! Sterling Hayden was born to be a film noir star.

Patrick Dillon

4Aug11

I can't say I loved it, but it wasn't terrible... Kubrick would go onto do much better films

Ace Craven

11Jul11

A good idea for a story, told so-so. There are fleeting moments of brilliance and some excellent shots, but ultimately "It's a bad joke without a punchline."

christopherjohn

29May11

Wonderfully taught and innovative, even in Kubrick's early days. Fantastic seedy dialogue from Jim Thompson. And Sterling Hayden is the man as always.

Dave

24May11

Can quickly be overlooked by Kubrick's other, more experimental films, but this influential noir remains at the top of my personal Kubrick list. Hayden and veteran character actors like Elisha Cook, Jr. shine.

Miyaki

18May11

the coolest bar fight scene i've ever seen

SahilZafar

27Mar11

An early Stanley Kubrick. Not something for which he became famous for, but one can certainly notice that a genius is at work in this movie. A perfect heist movie, tells the story of a robbery from the different prospectives of the individuals, flashbacks and flash-forwards, present two successive scenes that are actually taking place simultaneously. Crafty work of cinema. Highly Recommended!

ruby stevens

19Feb11

total homage to the asphalt jungle imo

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In An Expression Of The Inexpressible

18Feb11

The shooting scene and the ending are the weak parts of the movie and I didn't like the steady, unimaginative camera.

keldon

17Nov10

Quentin Tarantino has said that he thought of Reservoir Dogs as his version of The Killing, but he wasn't even playing in the same league as Kubrick. Slick, cool, and just flat out entertaining, this is a must for fans of crime film and noir. "Whats the difference?"