Kill Switch (2008)

• Year: 2008
• Released: 07 Oct 2008
• Country: Canada, USA
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1107859/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kill_switch
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/kill-switch
• Available in: 1080p,
• Language: English, Russian
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Runtime: 96 min
• Writer: Steven Seagal
• Director: Jeff King
• Cast: Steven Seagal, Isaac Hayes, Holly Elissa, Michael Filipowich
• Keywords: serial killer,

	3.8/10
	16% – Audience

Kill Switch Storyline

A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.

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Steven Seagal’s previous film, “Pistol Whipped”, was a pretty solid little low-budget action thriller, and it looked as if Seagal was finally starting to learn from his mistakes and improve upon them. “Kill Switch” makes “Pistol Whipped” look like a fluke. Does he honestly expect people to like this movie? For starters, the fight scenes are a joke. They’re hardly even fight scenes – mostly just Seagal beating up people. Or should I say, his frequently obvious stunt double beating up people. They are edited very annoyingly, with lots of dropped frames, repeated shots, and close-ups of frantically waving arms. Seagal adopts a ridiculous (I think it was meant to be Southern – “Y’all”, “Lord Have Mercy”, “Sho Nuff”, etc.) accent, has a love interest at least 20 years younger than him, whom he completely ignores, because that’s what all supercool detectives like him do, and is joined in his latest investigation by a rookie female FBI agent, whom he’s a complete jerk to, because, again, that’s what all supercool detectives like him do. Did I mention that “he’s a genius” and that “he doesn’t follow protocol”? And what’s with the film’s fascination with torture, sadism, close-ups of corpses….blergh. Is Seagal making a play for the “SAW” market? And let’s not even mention the completely nonsensical ending. The only semi-redeeming features of “Kill Switch” are some unintentional laughs, and the presence of Holly Dingard and Isaac Hayes (in one of his last roles). *1/2 out of 4.

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KILL SWITCH deserves one minor commendation for attempting to do something that many Steven Seagal films don’t: feature a semi-original storyline. Instead of having Seagal battling various gangsters, terrorists, thugs, kidnappers or whatever, this one sees him on the path of multiple serial killers as he attempts to stop them from killing again. Ultimately, it makes not one jot of difference because it all boils down to our hero beating seven shades out of various bad guys, but at least the thought was there.

Sadly, as you might expect given the star’s track record as of late, the execution sucks. At least there’s none of that stupid inappropriate music from the last Seagal film I watched (DRIVEN TO KILL), but there are massive problems stemming from the ridiculous doubling in the fight sequences (and the voice double’s back, to boot). The film obviously came in under the scheduled running time so one fight, early on, is extended to ludicrous lengths just to pad things out. It’s also noticeable that the violence is among the most extreme of the star’s career, as Seagal goes about literally torturing the villains. Expect plenty of that gloating sadism that our beloved censors here in the UK used to regularly cut out (but don’t seem to mind these days).

Still, violence does not make a good film, and this is definitely bottom of the barrel type stuff, featuring a storyline you’ll struggle to make sense of and poor Isaac Hayes cameoing in what would be his penultimate role. In one respect the film’s worth watching till the end, though: the out-of-left-field ending, featuring some gratuitous nudity and one of the cheesiest eyebrow-raising moments I’ve ever seen from Seagal. If that doesn’t make you laugh out loud, nothing will.

Kill Switch

Steven Seagal is a Memphis homicide detective dealing with a serial killer obsessed with astrology. Also, a psycho bomber is released from prison practically unscathed despite after being tossed out the window of an apartment building, crashing hard into a street. In fact, this guy seems good as new, where most people thrown out a window from such a height, with such brute force, would never walk again..but, not this maniac. Anyway, Seagal must contend with a FBI agent sent down to observe and assist in the investigation regarding the astrology murders.

One of the least Seagal pictures I have seen and his fight scenes are beyond pitiful. It’s never more clear than in this movie how uninvolved he is in those scenes where his Jacob King is dueling with bar scum and killers. How a loser like Lazerus(..played by Michael Filipowich), the astrology psychopath, can go on and on and on with King for not one but two fight sequences(..not to mention shootouts where neither man could hit the broad side of a barn)shows how puny Kill Switch is. The serial killer story is generic and familiar, reminiscent of many films that have been done countless times before after Se7en(..the Zodiac influence has contributed to many films of this type over the years). The editing, camera speed, photography, fight choreography, gun fights, are all sub-par and disappointing. And, to top it all off, I don’t think Seagal has ever looked as bored as he does here, more so than usual if that could be possible. Mark Collie, as King’s ultimate nemesis, Billy Joel Hill, is an effective creep, but Kill Switch has to underwrite his story because of the ongoing Lazerus debacle. After Billy Joel Hill kills his lawyer and two others just after being released(!)he picks up where he left off, with little heat directed his way, due to Lazerus’ activity. Isaac Hayes is the Shelby County coroner, Holly Dignard the female FBI agent no one wants around, Chris Thomas King as Seagal’s partner, and Karyn Michelle Baltzer who portrays Celine, Jacob’s beat cop love-interest eventually kidnapped by Billy Joel. The film also establishes how Jacob is haunted by the murder of his twin brother on their birthday, at an early age, and how this has motivated him as a detective.