Mighty Movie Podcast: Ben Wheatley on Kill List
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Posted 02.03.2012
What starts out as common, garden-variety crime thriller turns... bizarre, and then frightening, in director Ben Wheatley's twisty new film, Kill List.
What starts out as common, garden-variety crime thriller turns... bizarre, and then frightening, in director Ben Wheatley's twisty new film, Kill List.
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