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Killing Season

  • 20132013
  • RR
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
38K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
7,908
5,977
Robert De Niro and John Travolta in Killing Season (2013)
Deep in the Appalachian mountains, a reclusive American military veteran and a European tourist strike up an unlikely friendship. But when the tourist's true intentions come to light, what follows is a tense battle across some of AmericaÂ’s most forbidding landscape proving the old adage: the purest form of war is one-on-one.
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Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, find their unlikely friendship tested when one of them reveals their true intentions.Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, find their unlikely friendship tested when one of them reveals their true intentions.Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, find their unlikely friendship tested when one of them reveals their true intentions.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
38K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
7,908
5,977
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Mark Steven Johnson
    • Writer
      • Evan Daugherty
    • Stars
      • Robert De Niro
      • John Travolta
      • Milo Ventimiglia
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Mark Steven Johnson
    • Writer
      • Evan Daugherty
    • Stars
      • Robert De Niro
      • John Travolta
      • Milo Ventimiglia
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 176User reviews
    • 77Critic reviews
    • 25Metascore

    Videos1

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    Trailer 1:39
    Theatrical Trailer

    Photos13

    Robert De Niro and John Travolta in Killing Season (2013)
    Robert De Niro and John Travolta in Killing Season (2013)
    Robert De Niro in Killing Season (2013)
    Robert De Niro and John Travolta in Killing Season (2013)
    John Travolta in Killing Season (2013)
    John Travolta in Killing Season (2013)
    Robert De Niro and John Travolta in Killing Season (2013)
    Robert De Niro and John Travolta in Killing Season (2013)
    Robert De Niro in Killing Season (2013)
    Robert De Niro in Killing Season (2013)
    John Travolta in Killing Season (2013)
    Robert De Niro in Killing Season (2013)

    Top cast

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    Robert De Niro
    Robert De Niro
    • Benjamin Ford
    John Travolta
    John Travolta
    • Emil Kovac
    Milo Ventimiglia
    Milo Ventimiglia
    • Chris Ford
    Liz Olin
    Liz Olin
    • Sarah Ford
    • (as Elizabeth Olin)
    Diana Lyubenova
    • Elena
    Kalin Sarmenov
    • Serbian
    Stefan Shterev
    • Bar Customer
    Joseph Oliveira
    • Serbian Soldier
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mark Steven Johnson
    • Writer
      • Evan Daugherty
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The project, formerly titled "Shrapnel," was being considered by John Travolta and Nicolas Cage as a reunion project after Face/Off (1997) and by director John McTiernan as a directing vehicle.
    • Goofs
      In the final scene, as Ben exits and taxi and climbs the stairs to his son's front door, he is limping significantly on his left leg although it's his right leg that was injured.
    • Quotes

      Benjamin Ford: Are you proud of what you did? Or maybe you don't want to forget.

      Emil Kovac: Sometimes things become part of you, whether you want them to or not.

    • Crazy credits
      Being the actual footage only 80 minutes long, the film contains a slow paced, 10 minutes end credits sequence to enlarge the overall running time of the movie.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Making of 'Killing Season' (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Don't Take Your Guns to Town
      Written and Performed by Johnny Cash

      Published by Warner

      Chappell Music Publishing (BMI) Inc o/b/o

      Anne Rachel Music Corp. (ASCAP)

      Courtesy of Columbia Nashville

      By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews176

    Review
    Top review
    4/10
    A movie that could have been very good
    For starters, the movie gets absolutely everything wrong about events of the Bosnian war, but since such ignorance is expected from Hollywood, there is no reason to hold it against this particular title.

    The premise of the movie is good, the basic story is decent, but the script could have been better written, the two main characters' stories never get satisfyingly developed. If this was directed by John McTiernan as originally planned, this would have been a great movie. Sadly, instead we got the guy who did Daredevil and he once again delivered a bland, uninspiring product. Acting is OK, Travolta did his best to hold a consistent accent (it was the wrong accent, but hey!) throughout the movie, while DeNiro looked more like he was only concerned with the paycheck.

    All in all, the movie is not terrible, I guess it wouldn't kill you to watch it if you have nothing better to do for an hour and a half. The sad part is that this could have been a much, much better movie, perhaps even a classic.
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    • Jul 15, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 25, 2013 (Israel)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Belgium
      • Bulgaria
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Serbian
    • Also known as
      • Shrapnel
    • Filming locations
      • Tallulah Falls, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Millennium Films
      • Corsan
      • Millennium Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $39,881
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $27,713
      • Jul 14, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,071,322
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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