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First Kill

2017 · Movie · R · 97 min · ★ 5.6 · 27% critics

ActionThrillerCrime

A family outing in the woods takes a dangerous turn when a child is taken hostage by a desperate criminal. As a local police chief closes in, the child’s parent is forced into a tense standoff where every choice could make things worse.

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Details
Years
2017
Release date
2017-07-21
Language
English
Rated
R
Runtime
97 min
Max quality
HD
Critic score
27/100
TMDB rating
5.6/10 (587 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a straightforward, suspenseful hostage thriller that doesn’t demand much and keeps the stakes personal; Not for you if you need tight realism or fresh twists like Marauders.

Pros: tense hostage setup; easy, fast watch; some solid action | Cons: generic story beats; shaky logic moments; uneven performances

Themes

  • kidnapping
  • hostage
  • police chief
  • criminal
  • bank robbery

Cast & crew

Directed by Steven C. Miller