Well, this was crap. Should be noted that I hate horror comedies and daytime tv alike, so I was of course entering a world of hurt with Kill Keith. However, the marketing I found to be interesting and I got it into my head I was receiving a film that at its worst could be a laughable failure. To my surprise, though previous experiences with British horror comedy should have prepared me, I was witness to some of the most misanthropic drek i have ever seen. Aimless cynicism combined with cheap production value, this material would not be out of place on the 1:00am slot on BBC Three back in 2005.
Kill Keith lacks any control over it's tone. Black and broad comedy don't mix and Kill Keith falls into that common trap lesser satires on celebrity media fall into, in that becomes exactly the kind of obnoxious fluff that it beheld. However, since they got the actual personalities in for this one, I doubt any real commentary on its subject matter was ever going to be in the cards. I think the goal more, apart from exploiting what little star power it's cast had, was, actually i think that was the only goal. Everything else after the fact I guess was just a matter of money and self respect.
The events of Kill Keith slip my mind even as i review this film, but what i recall is that the film is a poorly constructed series of lame murder set pieces and cut away gags that would make Seth Mcfarlane cringe. If it's not the film's cinematography looking like Strongbow running down a dog's eye, it's the lazily written characters and the diatribe dialogue. Comedy is subjective, but just look at the trailer. It doesn't get any better. The only good joke i found was the one on me for buying this piece of crap.
It's bad enough when you encounter a film that's trying too hard to be smarter than you, it's another thing to find a film that thinks it knows more about life than you do. But then again, i'm not a fan of horror comedies so this is probably just navel gazing on my part. However, it is easy to get distracted with a film such as this, cause like most contemporary British comedy features it seems, Kill Keith is merely a bunch of tangents strung together with the most feckless of set-ups. A flicker of invention here and there, but too little to mention. No way I can recommend something that seems to be enthralled with its own idleness.
Kill Keith lacks any control over it's tone. Black and broad comedy don't mix and Kill Keith falls into that common trap lesser satires on celebrity media fall into, in that becomes exactly the kind of obnoxious fluff that it beheld. However, since they got the actual personalities in for this one, I doubt any real commentary on its subject matter was ever going to be in the cards. I think the goal more, apart from exploiting what little star power it's cast had, was, actually i think that was the only goal. Everything else after the fact I guess was just a matter of money and self respect.
The events of Kill Keith slip my mind even as i review this film, but what i recall is that the film is a poorly constructed series of lame murder set pieces and cut away gags that would make Seth Mcfarlane cringe. If it's not the film's cinematography looking like Strongbow running down a dog's eye, it's the lazily written characters and the diatribe dialogue. Comedy is subjective, but just look at the trailer. It doesn't get any better. The only good joke i found was the one on me for buying this piece of crap.
It's bad enough when you encounter a film that's trying too hard to be smarter than you, it's another thing to find a film that thinks it knows more about life than you do. But then again, i'm not a fan of horror comedies so this is probably just navel gazing on my part. However, it is easy to get distracted with a film such as this, cause like most contemporary British comedy features it seems, Kill Keith is merely a bunch of tangents strung together with the most feckless of set-ups. A flicker of invention here and there, but too little to mention. No way I can recommend something that seems to be enthralled with its own idleness.
