The Kill Hole

The Kill Hole
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mischa S. Webley
Written by	Mischa S. Webley
Produced by	Jonny Gillette Zach Hagen
Starring	Chadwick Boseman Tory Kittles Dennis Adkins Victoria Blake Ted Rooney Peter Greene Billy Zane
Cinematography	Eric Billman
Edited by	James Westby
Music by	Jason Wells
Production company	Alternate Ending Studios
Distributed by	Alternate Ending Studios
Release dates	August 28, 2012 (2012-08-28)(Columbia Gorge International Film Festival) March 15, 2013 (2013-03-15)(United States)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Kill Hole is a 2012 American action thriller war film written and directed by Mischa S. Webley and starring Chadwick Boseman, Tory Kittles, Dennis Adkins, Victoria Blake, Ted Rooney with Peter Greene and Billy Zane. ^[1] It is Webley's directorial debut. ^{[2] [3]}

Cast

• Chadwick Boseman as Lt. Samuel Drake
• Tory Kittles as Sgt. Devon Carter
• Dennis Adkins as Hull
• Victoria Blake as Carol
• Ted Rooney as James
• Peter Greene as Peter Krebbs
• Billy Zane as Marshall

Reception

The film has a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. ^[4]

Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a negative review, calling it "a middling drama that tries to combine elements of Rambo with serious treatment of soldiers’ post-traumatic stress disorder and vague political commentary.” ^[1]

Omer M. Mozaffar of RogerEbert.com gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Its director and producer Zach Hagen is congenial and it is a very good movie. It keeps leading you in one direction, in order to sneak up on you in the other." ^[2]

Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Made up of four or five story ideas all crammed together, the film maintains a stop-start momentum at best that keeps it from ever hitting a solid stride." ^[5]

Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times gave the film a negative review, calling it, "an unconvincing, sometimes unfathomable tale about a brooding veteran (Chadwick Boseman) who was involved in a vaguely defined atrocity while fighting overseas." ^[6]

References

1. Harvey, Dennis (14 March 2013). "Film Review: 'The Kill Hole'". Variety . Retrieved 7 June 2020.
2. Mozaffar, Omer M. (23 December 2012). "The Kill Hole: An adventure about remorse". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved 7 June 2020.
3. Gardner, Chris (September 3, 2020). "'The Kill Hole' Director Recalls Casting Chadwick Boseman Before His Meteoric Rise". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
4. "The Kill Hole". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 7 June 2020.
5. Olsen, Mark (March 21, 2013). "Review: 'Kill Hole' a muddled thriller about war veterans". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
6. Genzlinger, Neil (March 14, 2013). "A Troubled Veteran Meets a New Enemy". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2023.

External links

• The Kill Hole at IMDb
• The Kill Hole at Rotten Tomatoes