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User Rating:
3.8/10   1,530 votes
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Steven Seagal (writer)
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Release Date:
7 October 2008 (USA) more
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His rules. His way. No exceptions.
Plot:
A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers. | full synopsis
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(16 articles)
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Cast

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Steven Seagal ... Det. Jacob King

Holly Dignard ... Agent Frankie Miller (as Holly Elissa Dignard)
Chris Thomas King ... Det. Storm Anderson
Michael Filipowich ... Lazereus

Isaac Hayes ... Coroner
Mark Collie ... Billy Joel Hill

Karyn Michelle Baltzer ... Celine

Philip Granger ... Captain Jensen
Riley Jang ... Young Jacob
Connor Jang ... Young Daniel

Finn Michael ... Flashback Killer

Aliyah O'Brien ... Judith

David Patrick Green ... Lead Officer

Holly Eglington ... Prostitute

Reese Alexander ... Bomb Squad Officer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Higher Form of Learning (USA) (working title)
Killing Point (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong brutal violence, language and some nudity.
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USA:96 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Continuity: When examining the body of Lazarus's first male kill, the cup on the desk he is slumped over is alternatively standing up and knocked over. more
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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Junk, 6 February 2009
4/10
Author: gridoon2009

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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