Taglines: What wouldn’t you do for your roommate?
While trying to move on from an abusive ex-boyfriend, Amanda (Katie Cassidy) looks for a roommate to help pay the rent. Hailey (Tracy Spiridakos) just moved to college to get away from her own abusive past. Now roommates, both girls find comfort in their friendship and make a pact to help each other overcome their pasts…
When Amanda’s abusive ex-boyfriend catches up with her, a riveting roller coaster of suspense and twists is set in motion. In order to survive, the two girls face their harrowing past together. But as Hailey’s past becomes more transparent, it’s difficult to decipher who is the victim and who is the cold-blooded killer.
Kill for Me is drama thriller film directed by Michael Greenspan, and starring atie Cassidy, Tracy Spiridakos, Donal Logue, Adam DiMarco, Ryan Robbins, Joanne Wilson, and Crystal Mudry.
About the Story (2013)
The college student Natalie Ross goes missing and her friend and roommate Amanda Rowe accuses her ex-boyfriend Cameron McClure to the police. However nothing is proved against Cameron and Amanda’s roommate Zoe decides to rent Natalie’s room to share the expenses of their house. They accept the student Hayley Jones and she gets close to Amanda. When the upset Cameron threatens Amanda, Hayley defends her and they have a close relationship.
Soon Cameron breaks in their house and hits Amanda; however Hayley arrives at home and hits Cameron on the head with an axe. Hayley convinces Amanda to hide the corpse, burying in the farm of her abusive father Garret Jones. Then she tries to convince Amanda to kill Garret, but Amanda refuses. Hayley kidnaps Amanda’s friend Mark to force Amanda to kill her father. What will Amanda do?
Kill for Me Review (2013)
Kill for Me is a rainy-day thriller. It’s not something you need to alter your life to seek out, but it sure beats getting out of your pajamas on a day when you really don’t have to.
Amanda Rowe (played by Katie Cassidy) is a college student who’s upset over her missing friend and housemate Natalie. She’s also got a creepy stalker ex who she’s pretty sure had something to do with Natalie’s disappearance. When her new housemate Hailey (Tracy Spiridakos) takes up residence, we have several minutes of fraught ladylonging (you know, college) and then fortunately the aftermath of an upsetting event gets them kissing. The upsetting event also spins us into the capital-p Plot, so I guess we have quite a bit to thank it for.
Kill for Me is sure-handed about a lot of the elements that make up a good thriller: The pacing is nice, and I give it a solid B for tension. There are a few indie-movie flaws that are to be expected, such as that one time when the PROPS AND MAKEUP DEPARTMENTS WOULD LIKE TO SAY HELLO AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY DID, and the film’s bloody-minded refusal to admit that one should probably be able to hear a car pulling into the farmhouse’s driveway. But one can overlook them with a little moxie and goodwill.
The first couple of plot twists are good ones (and, hey, anything that leads to two fond roommates comforting each other in the shower can’t be all bad), but the end of the movie becomes a mess of trying too hard to be blow-your-mind clever and hatched plots that you can’t think too hard about without getting cranky over their impracticality.
That said, it’s a rainy day, and by then you will be deep into the cocoa, so who cares? Just enjoy it. Katie Cassidy is more assured actress than Spiridakos, but they both do fine, and Donal Logue is an added treat. There is also solid direction and a few pretty cool shots thrown in. Overall, it’s a better-than-expected way to curl up for an afternoon of scheming.
Kill for Me (2013)
Directed by: Michael Greenspan
Starring: Katie Cassidy, Tracy Spiridakos, Donal Logue, Adam DiMarco, Ryan Robbins, Joanne Wilson, Crystal Mudry
Production Design by: Michael N. Wong
Cinematography by: James Liston
Film Editing by: Mark Shearer
Costume Design by: Andrea Desroches
Set Decoration by: Will Gendemann
Music by: Michael Brook
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and some sexuality.
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: February 12, 2013
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