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    Unique ID Code: 0000006737
    Added by: DVD Reviewer
    Added on: 12/7/2000 15:12
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    Killing Zone, The (UK)

    9 / 10
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    Three days, two friends, one target
    Certificate: 18
    Running Time: 90 mins
    Retail Price: £19.99
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    Synopsis:
    On the heels of `Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels` comes a hard-boiled, high-octane British crime thriller, which in turn is both violent and humorous, featuring a cast of brutal and sometimes twistedly comic characters.

    When you`re in the Syndicate you`re in it for life. This is the prospect facing Matthew Palmer, a heartless but efficient, deadly but impeccably neat assassin and confirmed Michael Caine fan. But Palmer has found love and wants out, even though he knows that wanting out can make you very quickly dead in London`s sinister underworld.

    Special Features:
    Interactive Menus
    Scene Access
    30 Minute documentary making of

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Letterbox 2.35:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English

    Directed By:
    Ian David Diaz

    Written By:

    Starring:
    Nicola Stapleton
    Giles Ward
    Melissa Simonetti
    Richard Banks
    Mark Bowden
    Oliver Young
    Padraig Casey

    Soundtrack By:
    Guy Michelmore

    Director of Photography:
    Alan Dunlop

    Editor:
    Piotr Szkopiak

    Producer:
    Julian Boote
    Piotr Szkopiak
    Ian David Diaz

    Distributor:
    Planet

    Your Opinions and Comments

    7 / 10
    The Killing Zone is a British film made on a low budget and it`s not a bad effort. The storyline is quite good but can get a bit disjointed at times

    The video and audio are both crisp and clear and give the film a distinctive feel.

    As for extras all you get is the half an hour documentary which isn`t great. The cast and crew say how odd bits were done and what it was like on set blah blah...

    This film is definately not in the league of Lock Stock or Snatch but to be fair it does have it`s moments and there is some good acting. I`d get this film if you see it cheap or rent it out! But don`t expect anything like your Hollywood thrillers.
    posted by superdan on 3/9/2001 16:57
    10 / 10
    Wow! That`s all I can say about this film better than Lock Stock and that Snatch. This film is well directed, well acted and well shot. A superbly assembled low budget movie that never lets up, The Killing Zone film maker deserves to make the leap from low budget to big budget mainstream. I know Ian David Diaz the writer and the director will make it big one day and don`t tell me I didn`t tell you so! Buy this film you won`t regret it.
    posted by The real Iceman on 27/8/2002 04:11