Kill for Me

A movie with a lot of twists and turns. I was expecting a straight forward Lifetime type movie to waste some time. Was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining this was.

One of the best films I've ever watched and I've watched literally hundreds of films!

For a thriller then "Kill for Me" wasn't actually that bad. Sure, the storyline was a little bit too far fetched and too extreme, but entertainment-wise, then the movie was good. And most of what made the movie good was the solid acting performances put on by the cast members, because the storyline was not what kept the movie afloat. The story in "Kill for Me" is about Amanda (played by Katie Cassidy) and Zoe (played by Shannon Chan-Kent) who live together as roommates, but their third roommate, Natalie (played by Leah Gibson), has gone missing. Struggling to make ends meet with rent, Amanda and Zoe get a new roommate, a girl named Hayley (played by Tracy Spiridakos). Amanda is having problems with an abusive ex-boyfriend and Hayley is having problem with an abusive father. Together, the two girls come to an agreement to help one another get rid of the abusing element, however, such an agreement comes with a price. Yeah, the movie was entertaining enough, although it had a storyline that was just a bit too hard to fully buy into. And the ending, well without revealing anything, I will just say that it was so cliché and so out of nowhere trying to tie up loose ends. "Kill for Me" is really well acted by all those involved, but especially Tracy Spiridakos put on a great performance in portraying Hayley. The movie does progress at a nice and steady pace, which was just right, because there wasn't really a dull or boring moment throughout the course of the entire movie. My 6 out of 10 rating is mostly given the acting performances put on in the movie. The movie doesn't really have enough contents to its storyline to be seen more than once.

Seems like most of these "reviews" are people reviewing the other reviews rather than the movie itself, so I'll take a minute to throw in my 2¢. (vague spoilers, but nothing that isn't revealed in the trailer) I definitely wouldn't say it's the most original plot out there and at a glance it comes off as sort of Strangers On A Train meets Wild Things with a sprinkle of Single White Female. That said, it's actually a solid thriller with a solid cast, and has enough twists to make it worthwhile and keep the audience guessing. The only place I think the movie fails is rushing into the murder plot before really giving the relationship and bonding between Amanda and Hayley enough time to develop. And I don't necessarily mean more physical intimacy between the two, just more time spent getting to know each other and building trust in general to maybe help with why Amanda would go along with Hayley's initial plan rather than just calling the police. Or perhaps we needed a little more on the police ignoring Amanda previously and her reluctance to trust them. Either way, something was missing in the first act. Otherwise I thought the pacing was fine, the movie does a good job of building tension, and the leads did an excellent job making their character's emotional state (trauma, fear, distrust, etc) believable. Overall it was a good thriller and definitely worth a watch if you enjoy the genre.

IMDb only allows whole number ratings so I couldn't give this a 6.9. Kill for Me features a fairly simple plot (or so we were led to believe at first) which turns topsy-turvy before ending in a surprisingly well- done climax. Some reviewers say the ladies entered into an agreement, inferring that everything was planned from shortly after they started rooming together and became lovers. That's a totally false presumption and I would assume that those reviewers didn't watch the movie and/or are just repeating reviews they have read. The reviewer dalcanon41 from London said he only watched the first 10 minutes and then warned people to not waste their entire evening like he did watching this movie. Heh. I spent the entire 95 minutes watching it and had no problem staying focused and enjoying the roller coaster ride from beginning to end. The two female leads (Katie Cassidy as Amanda and Tracy Spiridakos as Hayley) did an outstanding job of appearing sexy and vulnerable yet capable of taking care of themselves if necessary. The rest of the cast was good but the only other actor who was almost as good as the leads was Donal Logue as Hayley's enigmatic father. If you enjoy thrillers and/or murder mysteries that keep your brain engaged from start to finish, beautiful women who can also act in the leads and a very competent director and supporting cast, I highly recommend watching Kill for Me.

Honest review. A lot of these recent reviews are 1 star, however this movie is DEFIANTLY worth more than that. all the 1 star reviews are probably due to retaliation to the 10 star ratings. Simply put: the movie is a good thriller and definitely worth watching. It's got a smart plot and i really like the two main actresses. (katie cassidy and tracy spiridakos) bottom line, if you're thinking about watching this movie, do it, i enjoyed it. also, i would recommend not reading to many reviews because they could have spoilers in them.

Kill for Me seems such a by-the-numbers standard 'thriller' that there is almost no need to watch the film at all. Nothing about the film is particularly bad, but then there is nothing about it that is particularly good or original either. As a throwaway 90 minutes of diversion, Kill for Me is adequate, mildly interesting but almost instantly forgettable, given that it is almost entirely derivative of other, superior films - Single White Female and Horrible Bosses being just two that come immediately to mind. The very definition of a straight-to-DVD movie. The plot is obvious enough for even Ray Charles to see coming - university law student Amanda (Green Arrow's Katie Cassidy) takes in a new roommate, vet student Hayley (Tracy Spiridakos) when her former roommate goes missing. Meanwhile her ex-boyfriend has taken on creepy stalker-ish tendencies, while Hayley's dad is apparently quite free and happy with his fists. Amanda bonds with Hayley over their shared pain. Can you tell where it's going yet? Hayley of course seems fairly normal to begin with, and Amanda sees in her a kindred spirit. When thoughts inevitably turn to murder to solve each other's problems, things take a turn for the even more predictable and cliché, with one or two 'twists' that might as well have signposts signalling their imminent arrival. Yet there is a reason that this kind of story has been done before; it generally works quite well, and, for all its predictability, Kill For Me is relatively enjoyable. Admittedly it will never be in the running for an award for best original screenplay, but the performances of the leads do enough to gain the audience's investment in their fates, and are easy enough on the eye to measure up to other sorority house-style killer thrillers. There's even the inevitable Sapphic turn of events, which again regularly seems to appear in films featuring sorority age university girls. But the film is not sexy enough to be a true sorority flick, not bloody enough to be a real slasher, and not tense or unpredictable enough to be a genuine thriller - an isolated farmhouse, a mysterious disappearance and a few taut violin strings are not enough to automatically ratchet up the suspense. Overall, an average, adequate, run-of-the-mill (or any other synonym of merely satisfactory) thriller, that will provide 90 minutes diversion without the audience clamouring for a refund, but without much applause either. Meh.

This is not a run of the mill thriller. There are some surprising twists and turns and it is well directed with a good pace and suitably mysterious atmosphere. The watchable cast includes Katie Cassidy of Arrow who acts well (better than on some episodes of Arrow) and Tracy Spiridakos of Revolution. Torrance Coombs from Reign has a supporting role. Katie looks more intelligent with dark hair, plays a girl whose room mate went missing. Tracy plays new room mate. Both have abusive men in their lives, an ex boyfriend and father respectively and things take off from there. Worth a watch. For a non blockbuster thriller this is pretty good.

Don't watch the trailer if not you will complain that it sucks. The trailer spoils the movie. Kill For Me is actually a lot better than one would think. The acting was quite good, the writing was good, the directing and cinematography was well done. There may be a few "gratuitous" scenes but it doesn't spoil the movie, if anything it adds to the complexity of the situation/characters I am not a huge thriller fan but I rather enjoyed this one. The story is different (not Oscar level or anything), the pace was good and it keeps you guessing. Enough plot, twists, action and chemistry to keep you watching and to understand what is happening. It's not a horror so you won't be jumping out of your seats at any time. You may think some of it is unrealistic but after a while it makes sense that certain characters do certain things that may seem out of character to most people. *SPOILER* kind of The one thing I did find a bit odd was the lack of remorse but I guess you get numb to the trauma after a while.

I don't know how I keep getting tricked into sitting through this deplorable cheap horror films. 99% of them are bad, bad, bad. I enjoy both of the female leads in this movie from their perspective TV Shows but this was just an attempt on their part to crack their squeaky clean image and turn in an absolutely dumb thriller. I would call it TV quality but I'm not even sure it is that. The pacing for the film is excruciating. It should have been a half hour TV episode or short film and instead they drag it, and I mean drag it, into feature length. The film banks on the sex sells angle by ignoring any real character development and hoping that watching two hot women make out for no reason is enough to keep you watching. Hot? Sure for 30 seconds and then you want there to be an actual movie...but it never happens for this. I watched a similar low budget film called "Girls Against Boys" earlier this month and it was so superior...I can't even explain how much better it was. This film tries to pretend it has twists and turns but you simply don't care where its going for most of the film. They slapped it together on the lowest possible budget and managed to get it produced. The only reason I am giving this a 4/10 is due to our two leading women. Katie Cassidy actually does an okay job with what she is given in this terrible script. I mean shame on her for doing something so awful because anyone would have to know this was bad but she does okay and she's watchable in the role. Tracy Spiridakos whom I have only ever seen on TV's Revolution plays Hayley, the incredibly troubled roommate to Cassidy. She is also very good considering she is known for being a squeaky clean good girl on TV. Cassidy and have good chemistry although awkward because they force them together for some twisted romance that makes no sense to the story. Donal Logue could have been a good villain type character if he had been in the hands of a better writer. Instead he is incredibly predictable, cookie cutter copy of every other white trash abuser in movies. He is wasted in the story which is unfortunate because his character is vital. Even after the big twist reveal his character does not get any better. Supporting cast are mostly unknown Canadian actors and no one stands out particularly whatsoever in their roles. As it turns out I have seen both director Michael Greenspan's feature length movie. This one and Wrecked. So he's two for two in my books creating a sub-par thriller. In some ways this reminds me of the old 80's "Blue" movies like Bedroom Eyes or something similar and that is the furthest thing from a compliment, I assure you. Towards the end there is some really big twists and turns that in a better film might have been really significant. It does perhaps make the whole movie just slightly better than complete crap but it doesn't matter because the entire film has bad pacing, poor character development, and a mess of a script. Even the most hardcore horror/thriller fans won't find much to redeem this stinker. 4/10