Sterling Hayden plays Johnny Clay, and sets up a brilliant plan - to rob a racetrack. That's all you need to know. Watch this and feel your jaw drop....ending could have been better.
if you think kubrick can only make "artsy fartsy" movies, then you need to see the killing. a great heist movie, i can easily see this being the summer hit of 2008 with george clooney and brad pitt.
Deuxième long métrage d'un jeune Kubrick alors âgé de 28 ans et faisant déjà montre d'un immense talent de réalisateur. Mise à part la narration un peu caricaturale pour un public contemporain, le film a très bien vieilli. Photographie très esthétique et léchée. La progression de...( read more)
Interesting. Brutal. Black and White. Since I do not know what a Director actually does, I dont know what to look for, but this was Kubrick's first or at any rate early. Nice depiction of small time people in off the main road Califorinia. I recall a scary killing scene.
I just re watched this film and it is bad ass. I mean it's awesome a heist film where things don't go as planned.
The narration is annoying, but otherwise, this is a thrilling and often very surprising heist flick.
One of the best heist films of all time. Kubrick's fractured storytelling really helps this gritty story and I remember thinking back in 1993 that it could've influenced Reservoir Dogs. A must see, if you're a Kubrick fan and haven't seen this you really owe it to yourself.
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Par contre, c'est loin de signifier que The Killing atteint la même notoriété que la majorité des autres réalisations de Kubrick. Il s'agit là d'un film policier typique des années 1950-1960, sauf peut-être qu'il s'agit là d'un des pionni...( read more)
My favorite Kubrick. One of the best hiest films of all time. Sterling Hayden is a god.
Nicely wound story with lovely little characters. Kubrick got game.
This is another classic must see before you die film.
How they planned all that, I'll never know!
Not the best, but definitely my favorite Kubrick film. There is nothing wrong with this film whatsoever. I remember thinking Tarantino was a hack after originally seeing this but then again, the kind of genius contained within this film is going to escape eventually.
early Kubrick film shows signs of his future greatness...well done crime thriller
I put this off for awhile, cause I thought it would be dated. Big mistake. This film is way ahead of it's time and now I see it's obvious influence on todays films. It's very short compared to Kubrick's later projects, but the story is tight. One of the best endings ever. A ...( read more)
Beautiful tension, beautifully lit, as if I needed more proof of Kubrick's genius.
Maurice: You have my sympathies, then. You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else - the perfect mediocrity; no better, no worse. Individuality's a monster and it must be strangled in it's cradle to make our friends feel confident. You know, I've ...( read more)
Classic noir thriller. Any heist flick you've ever seen owes this great film a huge debt.
This was a great classic Kubrick film about a bank robbery gone wrong. Sterling Hayden is marvelously tough as the leader of the group and Elisha Cook Jr. as jittery and great as ever as the husband of the femme fatale. I'm a big fan of film-noir and this film is one of the great...( read more)
This movie is all around great. Plenty of memorable moments and fun to watch. The movie gets real crazy really fast.
meticulous, tightly-woven nonlinear plotline years ahead of its time. some of the narration seemed a little unnecessary, but the camerawork and sound synchronization from point of view to point of view was brilliant. the ending is especially poetic because all the taut structur...( read more)
Second official Kubrick's feature, "The Killing" is a decent noir starring Sterling Hayden as a tough, highly motivated ex-con who sets up a last bank heist before the classical settling down. Heavily influenced by John Huston's nicely done "Asphalt Jungle", "The Killing" is the ...( read more)
Splendid film noir by Kubrick, The Killing is one of the best crime dramas i have seen, Kubrick's direction was superb and the movie was brilliantly acted. The Killing is utterly captivating with its supersonic pace.
Amazing direction.. This is how crime thrillers should be.. Short and sweet with no added fat on it..
This is about a well planned race-track heist involving a group of non-professionals with clean records & picturized from the point of view of these characters with no linear...( read more)
good plot well made movie fast pace love the editing and direction
Though not bad, shows how far he went after this simple, basically-made film.
Stanley Kubrick first "official" film is something of a curiosity. Light years ahead of its time (as Kubrick would be for most of his career), this film combined elements of 50's film noir and the upcoming post MPAA period that would explode in the 1970's. Sterling Hayden (one ...( read more)
You have not yet learn that in this life you have to be like evryone else.
The perfect mediocrity. No better, no worse. Individuality is a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle...
The final 20 minutes make the first hour worth it... Tarantino, eat your heart out: this is a dark caper movie, well-acted and to the point. Stark and stunning.
Damn badass, one of the best heist movies I've seen, very strange how the guys always get caught or have it all turned out bad but my heart was literally off the hook.
The first feature length outing for one of cinemas most poignant and identifiable directors proves to be a film of intrigue, class, entertainment and works as a fitting proclamation on the potentials of it's maker. The Killing is a tight piece of deception, mistrust, violence and...( read more)
