Kill Ben Lyk (2018)

Within 24 hours, three people have been murdered in London, all by the name of Ben Lyk. Scotland Yard decides to gather together all the other Ben Lyks located in London until they can figure out who's after them and why.

Director:

Erwan Marinopoulos

Writers:

Jean-Christophe Establet, Oliver Maltman

Stars:

Martyn Ford, Bronson Webb, Gretchen Egolf

11 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Martyn Ford	...	Bale
Bronson Webb	...	Nervous Ben Lyk
Gretchen Egolf	...	Talisker
Eugene Simon	...	Ben Lyk
Simone Ashley	...	The Girl
Charlie Rawes	...	Rugby Ben Lyk
Dimitri Leonidas	...	Roberto
Ashley Thomas	...	Charming Ben Lyk
Bruce Mackinnon	...	Banker Ben Lyk
Meena Rayann	...	Anna
Andrew Hall	...	Older Ben Lyk
Daz Black	...	Young Ben Lyk
Scroobius Pip	...	Hipster Ben Lyk
Adam Astill	...	Officer Hawkins
Dan Cade	...	Officer Hillvalley

Storyline

Multiple bullets, multiple targets, one name. Pop quiz: someone is running around London killing your namesake. What do you do? Do you run? Do you stay and fight? If you're quasi-famous YouTuber Ben Lyk (Eugene Simon of Game of Thrones), you vlog about it and hope for the best. That is, until Scotland Yard, in order to sort this mess out, rounds him up along with every other Ben Lyk in town keeping them holed up in a safe house that isn't so safe. And once the Ben Lyk's begin dropping one by one, it's a mad dash to figure out why this is even happening.

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Plot Keywords:

namesake | serial killer | masked killer | black comedy | police protection | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Mystery | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

When Ben Lyk (Eugene Simon) enters the apartment where he's rescued by the police before being taken to the isolated house with the other Lyks, you can see on the left of the screen a series of selfies and pictures of Ben. Those are taken directly from Eugene Simon's own Instagram account.

User Reviews

The British used to be funny.....

I'm not sure what happened to British comedy ("cough....woke") but humour is no longer their strong suit.

"Kill Ben Lyk" isn't funny. Its premise and characters follow a predictable tired trajectory, accompanied by hackneyed humour, that's simply put, unintelligent and boring.

I managed about thirty minutes before giving up. The acting is fine but so much else is uninspired, there is little left to say.

May suit the easy pleased but, I suspect, it will irritate the discerning.

3/10.

Details

Country:

UK France

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 2019 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ZORG Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2:39