![]() The lengthy trial was full of strange and shocking moments. The scene was horrific, Boyce said, adding that while law enforcement, jurors and he himself will be haunted by images of the children's bodies, he saw no sign that Vallow Daybell feels any remorse. The judge noted the "disgust" he saw on jurors' faces during the trial. Her children - Tylee Ryan and Joshua Jaxon "JJ" Vallow - had been "burned, mutilated and dismembered, and buried like animals," Boyce said. He juxtaposed her enjoyment of a honeymoon in Hawaii with her children lying in shallow graves in Idaho. (A car fire usually doesn’t spread evenly around a car’s body.) Composer Johnny Klimek guitar-led score with surf overtones serves as more of a distraction than sets the mood."You chose the most evil and destructive path possible," despite having a wealth of better, less harmful options, Boyce told Vallow Daybell. Kill Me Three Times also features a number of perplexing filmmaking choices from Stenders and his team, from gimmicky, sideways shots that are employed too often, to terrible CGI. Both Hemsworth and Mulvey deserve more than a chance to brood. In another instance, Jack’s anger over his straying wife boils over with a theatrical smashing of drinking glasses. Hemsworth’s Dylan wants to go after Jack after he sees Alice’s bruised face, but as he’s about to leave, there’s a dramatic pause before she begs him to stay and make love to her instead. The rest of the cast also make do with the material they’re given, but there are a couple of notably cheesy scenes. Charlie’s not a bungling executioner or an expert marksman-as far as psychopaths go, he’s rather bland. The observant nature of the job doesn’t allow Pegg much interaction with other characters, nor does it allow his character to develop fully. Though it seems like a simple enough assignment, Charlie soon finds himself entangled in a separate, but related murder scheme involving a dentist drowning in gambling debts and a murderous insurance scam.Īt first, Charlie watches all the drama unfold from afar, through long-range cameras and various other spy gadgets. Although he’s a control freak who smacks Alice around, it’s Jack who feels wronged when she falls in love with local mechanic (Luke Hemsworth). Charlie’s primary assignment is to kill Alice (Alice Braga), the estranged wife of beach motel/club owner, Jack (Callan Mulvey). The film comprises puzzle pieces that are assembled through flashbacks and shuffled sequences. When Kill Me Three Times does attempt humor, the jokes and gags land with a thud: In an early sequence, Charlie takes a cell phone call-just before shooting his wounded victim at close range-in order to book his next gig. James McFarland’s script, which languished for several years in development, lacks a playfulness in its dialogue and doesn’t venture much into comedic territory. ![]() Unfortunately, the character’s no Anton, and even a weird bowl cut on Pegg wouldn’t help make the character more interesting (though he does sport a keen handlebar-meets-Fu Manchu mustache). To an extent, Pegg’s murderous character mimics Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) in the Coen Brothers’ film, as Charlie barely has any lines during the first part of the film. Directed by Kriv Stenders ( Red Dog, 2011), the film borrows inspiration from Pulp Fiction and No Country for Old Men. The “dark comedic thriller” description is attached much too liberally-and incorrectly-to films, and Kill Me Three Times is a prime example. In his latest film, Kill Me Three Times, Pegg plays hitman Charlie Wolfe, a character who’s neither menacing nor mercurial he’s just boring-and that’s a crime. Likewise, in supporting roles in blockbuster reboots, from the Mission Impossible to Star Trek franchises, his wise-cracking characters add memorable moments of levity to the straight-up action. Pegg astonishingly turned the latter film’s immature man child, Gary King, into a likable character. Simon Pegg has cornered the market on playing surprising heroes and/or anti-heroes in genre-blending films, most notably in Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy ( Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End). ![]()
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