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, Simone Ashley, Eugene Simon

11 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

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

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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User Reviews

Very light weight humor, kinda juvenile, coulda been better, though.

The main setback is that the vlogger character has way too much screen time and he's tiresome. to see and hear after 20 minutes. Someone so utterly stupid is never funny more than five minutes in because for the rest of the movie you keep thinking, "This would be more fun if he got what he deserved, got dispatched, in the second act, then the show could go on." That would be achieved by making all the Ben Lyk characters responsible for carrying the movie, rather than the putx hwo is stuck at age five all the way through. Yes, in real life utter imbeciles may surive to a mature age, but in entertainment, we are not obliged to reflect that much realism.

Details

Country:

UK France

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 March 2019 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ZORG Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2:39