Film Review – Kill Code

In 1984, when David Lynch’s “Dune” was released in theaters, Universal Pictures panicked at the last minute, ordering the distribution of terminology sheets for ticket-buyers, giving those new to author Frank Herbert’s world a chance to learn more about weapons, vehicles, and planets while settling into their seats. There’s no such help with “Kill Code,” with writer/director Justin Price electing to create a complicated sci-fi actioner, yet he refuses to explain much of anything he introduces. The endeavor is not just confusing, but willfully bewildering, hitting viewers with all kinds of world-building and multiple characters, forgoing the usual in introductions and explanations. Such a puzzling approach could work in an offering that encouraged deeper inspection, but “Kill Code” (which was shot four years ago) is bottom of the barrel moviemaking, with Price hoping complexity will help to obscure dismal performances and AI-shellacked visuals. It doesn’t, and, good heavens, it’s quite a challenge to sit through this terrible film. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com