A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.
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- (as Peter Balance)
- Gillian
- (as Caroline Lee Johnson)
- Jamal Osman
- (as Brian 'Saen' Jordan)
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- Wesley Smith
- (as Michael Liebman)
- Captain Maclean
- (as Robert Phillips)
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- TriviaThe original script was set in the United Kingdom.
- GoofsWhen Detective Jackson is looking through Daniel Leone's criminal history, one of the entries states that he was charged with possession of "crystal methadone." There is no such substance. It would either be crystal methamphetamine or simply methadone - most likely the former.
- Quotes
Gelb: [explaining the W Delta Z equation] The selfish gene...
Helen Westcott: Go on.
Gelb: You think a bird will sacrifice itself for the flock, or a bee will sting a predator and die for the hive? How noble. How heroic.
Helen Westcott: And it isn't true?
Gelb: No, it isn't true. Suppose you put a snake into the cage and one of the monkeys is a hero - yeah, lures it away, lets it eat him. But it's not heroism. It's not selflessness. Forget the bees. Forget the monkey. The monkey's nothing. Just think what the monkey's made of.
Helen Westcott: What's that?
Gelb: Genes. The monkey is just the gene's way of making copies of itself. All these monkeys, they're all related. They all share their genes. So the monkey dies. What do the genes care? That's what Price proved. There's no altruism in nature. It's just genes looking after themselves. Ha.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits roll while a proof of the Price equation shows up.
- ConnectionsReferences Wonder Woman (1975)
- SoundtracksHostile
Written by Diamond/Hall/McTiernan
Performed by Machine W!elding Weapons
Published by A7 Music
Courtesy of 7PM Management
Having said that, I think The Killing Gene was a very nice thriller. Stellan Skarsgård, unlike his role in Thor (and The Avengers) was dark and charismatic, and Melissa George was as great as always. The story idea was nice and original, and made it a little hard to pick sides. The twist towards the end did manage to surprise me, and the ending itself was a very nice closure. Notice most of the times I used an adjective, it was "nice". Not more, nor less.
As for criticism? The twist was very original, but I was kinda hoping for something a little deeper and more complicated. All in all, I'd say The Killing Gene was a gloomy combination of Saw, The Bone Collector and Kindergarten Cop.
I personally enjoyed it as a thriller, not as Horror. If you're thriller fans, you probably will enjoy it too.
- nitzanhavoc
- Nov 25, 2012
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Box office
- Budget
- £5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,557,010
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1