The Kill Hole

YOU CAN JUSTIFY ANYTHING WITH WORDS
This film is a low action drama. It has heavy dialouge. Unless you are a returning combat vet, the monologues of Sgt. Devon Carter (Tory Kittles) grow boring.

Marine Lt. Sam Drake (Chadwick Boseman) has trouble adjusting to civilian life. He is a cab driver and part of a support group. He is haunted by an episode where he was responsible for sweeping a village, of which we don't get too much detail. Unknown to Drake, his action was espied by Carter, who likewise was there on a secret mission which conflicted with Drakes. Because Drake was "cold hearted" in his style Carter decides he must get revenge against the private firm that was giving orders to Drake. This whole aspect is confusing, suffice to say neither one of these guys was playing with a full deck.

The film moves slow. The action is minimal. The Drake/Carter confrontation is the centerpiece of the film, something that consisted of dialouge explaining "kill hole" a bunch of us/them pawns stuff, some...

stellar flick
i just purchased the dvd today and it was fantastic. the story was very compelling; the actors were superb; and the scenery magnificient. i watched it with my wife. she had to grimace a few times during the more violent parts of the movie but i loved it.

NOT PG-13
This movie is loaded with repeated use of the F word and there are also several scenes of intense violence, yet it's marketed both on Amazon and at the video store as PG-13. Unless the MPAA has recently relaxed their standards without telling anyone else in the movie industry about it, this is a solid R film.

I gave this film one star partly because it is being represented with the wrong rating, but mostly because it's just not very good. I have to wonder if the people giving this movie 5-stars even watched the same film. The actors try to make the best of it, but it's difficult to get around the random story line and the poor directing. Don't waste your time on this one unless you've just decided you want to watch every movie about Iraq war veterans for some reason.

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