FilmRComedy Horror Psychological

You Kill Me2007

Name: You Kill Me
Genre: Comedy Horror, Psychological
Released: 2007-02-09
Rating: 6.5

“Professional alcoholic hit man gets life back on track thanks to her”

Directed by John Dahl

6.5

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.4Rotten Tomatoes 79%Metacritic 64TMDB 6.1

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Year

2007

Runtime

90 min

Box Office

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$3,748,295

Domestic

$2,429,367

🏆 1 win & 3 nominations total

The premise

While drying out on the West Coast, an alcoholic hit man befriends a tart-tongued woman who might just come in handy when it's time for him to return to Buffalo and settle some old scores.

Horror Vault's take

A mob hitman with a serious drinking problem is packed off to San Francisco to get sober — and stumbles into an unlikely bond with a sharp-witted woman who sees him for exactly what he is. As he works through his twelve steps, the past he left behind in Buffalo refuses to stay buried. Ben Kingsley brings a quietly unnerving calm to a man whose profession most people would find alarming. The film balances mordant humor with genuine menace, making it a sharp character study wrapped in crime-thriller clothing.

Content: Violence, Depictions Of Alcoholism, Mature Language