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

Bruce Willis
as Howell

Hayden Christensen
as Will

Ty Joseph Shelton
as Danny

Megan Leonard
as Laura

Gethin Anthony
as Levi
- WD
William DeMeo
as Richie

Deb G. Girdler
as Dottie

Tyler Jon Olson
as Tom

Shea Buckner
as Charlie

Magi Avila
as Adele
Directed by Steven C. Miller