{"id":30551,"date":"2019-02-25T16:38:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=30551"},"modified":"2019-02-25T16:42:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:42:43","slug":"an-hour-to-kill-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/25\/an-hour-to-kill-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"An Hour to Kill (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I kind of see what Aaron K. Carter is going for with \u201cAn Hour to Kill.\u201d What his film tries to be is a basic meshing of the gangster politics of \u201cPulp Fiction\u201d with the horror tales of \u201cCreepshow.\u201d I don\u2019t begrudge him for trying something completely different and unique, it\u2019s just sad that \u201cAn Hour to Kill\u201d never comes together as a coherent or even entertaining horror comedy anthology. Even taken as a silly horror comedy, it\u2019s tough to find any real redeeming aspects here, as Carter seems to work hard in keeping his film together as it falls apart from minute one.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAn Hour to Kill\u201d focuses on Gio and Frankie, two wildly different mobsters and hit men that are given an hour to kill before their next kill from their mob boss Mr. Kinski. To pass the time, Gio and Frankie spin yarns of horror to one another, all the while trying to figure out what their next hit is, and are presented with some conflicts involving their partnership and overall relationship. One of the main problems with \u201cAn Hour to Kill\u201d is that there isn\u2019t a real overarching theme when it comes to the tales that unfold.<\/p>\n

With \u201cCreepshow\u201d they were demonstrations in classic EC Comics tales about morality, revenge, and karma. With \u201cTales from the Hood,\u201d the overall themes involved racial themes like domestic abuse, police corruption and racism. \u201cAn Hour to Kill\u201d doesn\u2019t have a theme with its tales and just peppers them in every twenty minutes. This makes Carter\u2019s framework narrative feel very barebones, almost like he didn\u2019t have enough material for an all out crime thriller, and just decided to toss in horror stories at the last minute. There isn\u2019t a single good story to be found here, either, which is a shame because I was holding out hope for at least one good tale.<\/p>\n

\u201cValkyrie\u2019s Bunker\u201d is an abrupt and poorly edited tale of five female stoners that go exploring in an abandoned bunker and become the victim of a predator. \u201cAssacre\u201d is about a Mexican food eating contest that ends in grue and gore. The final \u201cHog Hunters\u201d is at the very least, bizarre, in its story of a men\u2019s club who become victim of a bunch of hog faced mutants. \u201cAn Hour to Kill\u201d leaves a lot to be desired and needs some heavy nipping and tucking in editing, and pacing. The crime story feels slim, and the short tales aren\u2019t creepy, or even funny, for that matter. The final scene feels like an effort to bring the entire film crashing together, but it lands with a thud. Aaron K. Carter is a solid director, but I\u2019d be hard pressed to recommend \u201cAn Hour to Kill\u201d to anyone, when all is said and done.<\/p>\n