Vaughn Stein directs Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg and Mike Myers in this crime mystery where a waitress / stripper entangles herself into the lives of two hitmen and a suicidal teacher for obscure reasons.

Vaugh Stein must maintain some murky hold over Robbie and Myers to get them to sign up for… this. There is a lot of star wattage and expensive production design crammed into a big nothing of an indie crime flick. The storytelling is very amateur – you’ll struggle to really understand what the plot wants to be in the first two acts. It really feels like a series of wannabe flashy scenes connected by claustrophobic geography. The two big twists are guessable, the acting arch and flat. Dexter Fletcher is the movie’s saving grace, his nasty piece of work understands the assignment. If you do select Terminal -brain switched off, hoping for Robbie in a series of kinky uniforms – then prepare to wonder why it all feels so sexless. I will say Christopher Ross’s cinematography plays with neon and flood lighting memorably. A rabbit hole nobody will want to fall down.

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Perfect Double Bill: Kill Me Three Times (2014)

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