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2017 · sci-fi · action · thriller · space

Kill Switch

Directed by Tim Smit1h 31m2017
ElsewhereIMDb4.79kRT9%Metacritic31
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
  • cold
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / action, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A pilot battles to save his family and the planet after an experiment for unlimited energy goes wrong.

Our read · Kill Switch (2017) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · action · thriller entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want frantic parallel-universe sci-fi action despite muddy storytelling.

ends ambiguousit stays with yougrabs you earlygrips by minute 5attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if incoherent low-budget CGI sci-fi instantly loses you.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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