Final Kill

Final Kill

Final Kill is done professionally as it contains great action from the story of Mickey Rome (Morrone) he is a hired gun that works for an agency that offers protection services. Mickey is a ticking time bomb in a snap due to how tormented he is through years of work. Per his boss’s order, Riser (Zane), Mickey takes one more job after quitting: he gets to fly down to Costa Rica to protect a couple who stole from a mafia family and hopes to turn on this family on the scheme and get without being hit.

Mickey can’t hold out for long feeling that everything is going to be okay; it turns out he is wrong and the action of the job is above everything people are telling him. There is a climax at some point and it is much awaited given the friction there builds up. The ever so gripping question lingers about whether the clients will manage to stay alive long enough to uncover the real issue.

Let’s get this out of the way: yes this happened, and while there are a couple (very few) inspired moments, particularly with the woman in the couple that is the focus on Mickey Rome this is just now a good film. Starting from the beginning, even at 81 minutes of running time, the story takes its time to unfold, and as is clear, the double cross is anticipated by too many very early on, this turns out tragic.

Now this can be softened and even defeated from two things the characters/actors, and the action. As for the characters, the rest are flat except the protagonist. Mickey Rome is quite an action packed figure: the lean upper body of a New Yorker who forgot his stop and is angry about it, salt and pepper stubble to show he is neither old nor young, and the funniest part is when he throws a tantrum in front of other characters.

The movie would have been featured more that way if it had been more satire. Morrone is talented enough to do this if he does not have a star’s on-screen appeal. Apart from that however, every other character is monotonous and one dimensional. I found it difficult to identify with the Bauer couple as they were so one dimensional, their recounting their history and their expectations seem like just a background to the rest of the characters. The performers were more than good enough, but they did not have the material to work with.

As for the other “stars” of the film- well, it is difficult to say seeing that Billy Zane, Danny Trejo, Randy Couture and Dr. Drew are all in maybe two scenes each, and each is no more than two minutes and in some cases less than that. This film does not have enough of Johnny Messner a good character Actor who has been just about in this film and what time he gets is a total waste.

What is most apathetic here is the action. There are around 4 action scenes and none stands out. The best one is probably the first one, where Mickey Rome flashes back to a scene where he exchanges gunfire with a hitman at the beginning of the movie. The banter between the two mercenaries was hilarious both couldn’t be bothered with shooting each other! This expected more from the film’s premise.

The rest of the action isn’t what was branded as gloriously beyond cutting edge at the time. For the meager budget this film had, the action should have brought a bang, not a whimper. It was almost like an afterthought and not the centerpiece of the film which it was supposed to be.

Yet it is not a surprise. There are no stuntmen/women for this film and no stunt/fight coordinator is listed. I am constantly shocked at the fact that this film got made without any such people. It’s pity that they haven’t approached me. There are several talented guys/gals I know who would have been perfect for this film.

For more movies Visit Gomovies.