“Kill Me Three Times” presents a puzzle of malicious intent and backstabbing, braiding together three perspectives surrounding an Australian crime. Murphy’s Law plays an important part in James McFarland’s screenplay, using relatively simple tasks of murder to help inspire a string of bad luck and bad news for a collection of characters all engaged in underhanded business. Spiced up with Coen Brothers-style sinister business and dark comedy, but largely skipping opportunities to dig into ghoulish behavior at top speed, “Kill Me Three Times” has the right idea, but it’s missing some crucial levels of escalation, often caught playing cute when it should be downright evil. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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