Mike Mendez' Killers (1996)

Mike Mendez’ Killers: Directed by Mike Mendez. With Dave Larsen, David Gunn, Damian Hoffer, Nanette Bianchi. Odessa and Kyle James were just your average American boys until the night they went upstairs and killed their parents in cold blood… and smiled.

“I bought the uncut German Pal DVD of this movie as a blind buy a few months back. Looking back, Iu0026#39;m not sure why I purchased it – I rarely buy purely on instinct. I finally decided to watch it last night and was blown away – what an unexpected treat! Iu0026#39;m not going to give much away as itu0026#39;s one of those movies thatu0026#39;s best viewed with little knowledge going in. What starts out as a u0026quot;Desperate Hoursu0026quot;-style movie soon proves a much more interesting ride.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis scores as my unexpected delight for the year. Itu0026#39;s a low-budget gem. Some of the acting is u0026quot;love it or hate it stuffu0026quot; – the writer Dave Larsen plays Odessa James as a cross between Kiefer Sutherland and Mickey Rourke and I found some of his dialogue a little unintelligible – but, ultimately, I loved the cheesy charm of this film. Itu0026#39;s also great looking – the filmu0026#39;s scenes are bathed in a lovely blue light in the early scenes – very stylish.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe DVD set is a 2 disc set but the second disc has only trailers and a German-language only short on it. Still, itu0026#39;s a great looking Disc 1 and worth the purchase price, IMHO.”