
A group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest hitman, and decide to kill him, but their plan turns into a series of bungled encounters as Gunther seems to always be one step ahead.... (Full plot summary below)
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A group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest hitman, and decide to kill him, but their plan turns into a series of bungled encounters as Gunther seems to always be one step ahead.
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| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeToo smart for the 'wacky comedy' box and too outrageously playful to sit alongside standard action fare, Killing Gunther is nevertheless destined to find an audience who will watch it again and again. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperKilling Gunther is filled with explosive action. As a director, Killam displays a veteran’s knack for shooting the shootouts and fisticuffs, nearly all of it carried out in slapstick, nearly “Three Stooges”-level comedic fashion. |
| Consequence of SoundRandall ColburnNot all of Killing Gunther lands as well as it should. The humor feels inconsistent at times. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSave a bit of narrative padding (karaoke, anyone?), this is a mostly swift and lively ride as the tables turn — and turn again — in some absurdly clever ways. |
| Film ThreatAlan NgI liked Killing Gunther enough to recommend it. Look, comedies are meant to make you laugh. I have a low threshold for silliness, and I am a fan of the cast. |
| Village VoiceDanny KingIt’s little more than a diverting sketch, but its characters justify its ninety minutes, and Killam’s unremitting enthusiasm is occasionally contagious. |
| StarburstSol HarrisYour mileage will likely come down to your fondness for the sorts of hitman action movies that are being sent up. |
| CinemalogueTodd JorgensonArnold Schwarzenegger provides a jolt of energy to the final half-hour of this otherwise lackluster satire about bickering hitmen, as he sends up his image and action tropes in general with freewheeling bravado. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAlthough the production is sporadically amusing, it feels like a 20-minute short that was expanded to feature length to its considerable detriment. |
| Punch Drunk CriticsTravis HopsonArnold's stogie-chomping, pimp suit-wearing madcap performance is the best, and pretty much only reason to check this film out. |