
Killing Season tells the story of two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, who clash in the Appalachian Mountain wilderness. FORD is a former American soldier who fought on the front lines in Bosnia. When our story begins, he has retreated to a remote cabin in the woods, trying to escape painful memories of war. The drama begins when KOVAC, a former Serbian soldier, seeks Ford out, hoping to settle an old score. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game in which... (Full plot summary below)
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Killing Season tells the story of two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, who clash in the Appalachian Mountain wilderness. FORD is a former American soldier who fought on the front lines in Bosnia. When our story begins, he has retreated to a remote cabin in the woods, trying to escape painful memories of war. The drama begins when KOVAC, a former Serbian soldier, seeks Ford out, hoping to settle an old score. What follows is a cat-and-mouse game in which Ford and Kovac fight their own personal World War III, with battles both physical and psychological. By the end of the film, old wounds are opened, suppressed memories are drawn to the surface and long-hidden secrets about both Ford and Kovac are revealed.
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| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfDerivative and bizarrely graphic, Killing Season is nothing more than another forgettable entry in two ongoing filmographies that desperately need more inspired professional choices. |
| IndiewireEric KohnKilling Season is like the Saturday morning cartoon version of a terrible movie: still bad, but at least colorful enough to go down easy. |
| VarietyAlissa SimonThe sight of Robert De Niro and John Travolta sharing the screen for the first time reps the one and only selling point of Killing Season. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenHorrormeister Eli Roth would get a charge out of the torture scenes. |
| Scene-Stealers.comEric MelinIt wants to be a war-is-Hell 'coming home' story, but it ends up playing like a cheap action flick starring two men who are obviously too old to be running through the woods beating the living crap out of each other. |
| We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoPlaying out like a brutally graphic Tom and Jerry skit at times, Killing Season lacks the atmospheric tension necessary to keep us consistently engaged. |
| Groucho ReviewsPeter CanaveseComes full up with heavy-handed signifiers, from Ben's choice of reading (Hemingway...) to a hammered motif of lapsed Christianity (the climax takes place in a rotting church) that underlines the theme of living with the sins of the past. [Blu-ray] |
| The A.V. ClubBen KenigsbergWith casting this unconvincing, no one is watching to get a lesson in the horrors of war. |
| The PlaylistGabe ToroDirector Mark Steven Johnson can’t seem to balance a tone here, which is a pity because for the most part he stands back and lets the two stars go at each other. |
| New York TimesDavid DeWittIt’s not worthless, but it’s not good. As a genre film, it’s too ambitious; as an art film, it’s too obvious. |