Killing Gunther

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If you came for Arnold, well, spoilers, he's in it like 5 mins, tops... at the end of the movie. That would be forgiven though, if the movie was any good. But it wasn't. Characters are underdeveloped and just bad, story and the premise is kinda OK, but it had to be refined and polished way more before production. Then there is the comedy part of it all. Jokes are just plain, mostly not fun and all over the place. One of the main parts are "archive" photos that are almost all photoshoped, and badly. Now I don't know is that supposed to be a part of the joke or not, but if it is, it ain't funny. If it isn't, it just plain sucks and it's repetitive. Movie starts out fine, but it falls apart quickly and then it just drags itself to the end. Mockumentary angle/style wasn't probably the best choice either. What I want to say, in short, is - this movie is a mess and it mostly wasted an hour and a half of my life. It's not catastrophic bad, it's just a mix average not good and not interesting. Also, writing, directing and then casting yourself as a main character is something usually seasoned movie pros should only try. No hate for the movie, it is an low budget indie movie of some sort and you have to respect that, but it just doesn't work.

Blake (Taran Killam) is a hit man who is obsessed with killing Gunther, the world's greatest hit man so he can have the bragging rights as being the best. He assembles a team of unlikely hit men to do the job, people who are more inept than anything. We come to find out that for Blake, this is something more personal. The film is done documentary style. It makes fun of action and assassin films. Unlike most of you, I watched the film cold, not even knowing Arnold was connected to the film. This made my surprise very enjoyable. Good dialogue and characters. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity

Killing Gunther is supposedly an action comedy in which a group of professional assassins tries to kill the best assassin in the world in order to get the recognition for how good they are. Unfortunately they really don't seem to be good at all, and have mishap after mishap and are slowly eliminated by the elusive Gunther (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger). The assassins are followed around by a documentary camera crew filming their attempts at greatness. The movie was written and directed by Taran Killam (from Saturday Night Live) who also acts as Gunther's main opponent. This might explain why the whole movie looks like a bad SNL skit. If you are an Arnold Schwarzenegger fan however, don't expect him to show up until the last 15-20 minutes of the movie as the first 60 odd minutes are spent on the group of inept assassins getting together and trying to kill the constantly unseen Gunther. And failing miserably. The acting in the film is nothing special and the jokes might appeal to young children if they have the misfortune of seeing it. The violence becomes progressively more unrealistic and cartoonish so the juvenile humor is not surprising. The plot is nonsense overall and especially near the end. Overall a dull, dumb, bland and unfunny attempt at a movie.

SPOILER: Firstly if you are a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger then be warned that as others have said, although the film suggests that Arnold Schwarzenegger is a star in it, there is a suggestion of his presence throughout but in reality he is on screen only for the last 20mins or so. The film tells the story of a odd collection of hit men (and hit women) who get together to kill Gunther (Arnold Schwarzenegger), another hit man. A documentary crew follow the odd squad as they try and kill Gunther. However he is always one step ahead of them, kills them one by one but they never get to see him. It is laugh out loud funny in places. Other jokes miss the spot. The ending is very clever. Arnold Schwarzenegger looks odd in it. I think they were trying to make him look younger. It is also nice to see Hannah Simone playing something other than a model. Her over protective but supportive father is one of the funniest themes in the film. The whole documentary crew footage being the film struggles in places. Especially in the big shoot out in Gunther's house where for various reasons you are supposedly left with no cameramen but footage is still filmed. Overall though it is an amusing film but could have been done better.

Killing Arnold This film could have been so much better if Arnold Schwarzenegger was in the film through out it as opposed to just squished in at the end as some grand reveal. Plus as you already know the trailer spoils the heck out of the Schwarzenegger reveal, but you can't blame the trailer because they knew people would be more likely to watch a B-film if they knew a big star was in it. Long story short, editing hurts the film.

The first half of the movie is incredibly funny and original, and even clever. I'd have given it a 9 if it kept that level. This movie is guaranteed to make you laugh if you watch it with friends. Definitely underrated.

The movie is an almost exact copy of Belgian cult classic Man Bites Dog (1992). If you watch it as a remake of that movie, it is a great experience. Similar acting and directing work, but with a more professional camera crew. It is refreshing to see Hollywood names trying out non traditional formats and getting it right. Good, fun Arnie action movie. He is back and he is loving it!

I cant believe Arnold backed this. Terrible, horrible, unfunny, uninspired train wreck of a movie. I hated the movie so much that it promoted me to write this review. A complete an utter waste of time. Arnold if your reading this all I can say man is........Apologize for this mess you owe us that much.