Kill Ratio (2016) User Reviews

Bad Math

[jriley-56299 · 3/10 · 18 February 2017]

He has an unlimited kill ratio? A ratio is two integers expressed as a fraction. If he does not die, then the denominator is zero. If he does, then it is one. An unlimited kill ratio makes no sense. Perhaps he has an unlimited kill limit. That works better.

Oh, the movie was ridiculous, but entertaining. Turn off your brain and enjoy the action.

Action plus nonsense behavior and nonsense dialogue

[zneuron · 3/10 · 16 December 2016]

Too many things don't make any sense. -SPOILERS SORT OF- The foreign president would not go on TV and then speak in English. If you just finished applying a bandage, leave it alone. Don't go back to the blood-soaked room. Don't split up. Give your cell phone to the president. If you can call each other on the cell phone, why again didn't you call the embassy? Don't hide the 3rd dead soldier's body while there is a floor to floor search coming. Don't delay to set a grenade trap that may kill innocents. The nonsense just piles up. Too many silly actions to list. New action hero though, good posture shooting assault rifles. Oh, and wash your hands before you remove shrapnel from someone's abdominal wound also. A sword fight?! in a small crowded room? whose idea was that? Why didn't the general just stab the president with the sword?

Lame, pat, predictable

[duvernetphotography · 3/10 · 18 December 2016]

James, James, Oh James! The blue list man, with no upper limit of his kill capacity! You've got your pseudo eastern European accents, Russian, but not too Russian, there is eye candy for both sexes, bulging biceps and skimpy outfits. General this and madam president that, a token effort to feminism. Democracy must win the day and the strong female leader will win the day, even if she barely survived a bomb.. Despite the hotel filled with high profile business people, the General and his team only kill one little blonde, poor thing. The good guy can dodge bullets without any gear, stare down the bad guys and shoot them. Almost like an old fashioned cowboys and Indians. There are many times in the movie where nothing is happening and the only way to keep interest is through a rushing sound track. If you turned off the sound, you'd be bored out of your mind. This is about as bad a movie as I've seen recently. Skim through it if you must waste your time.

One of the Flat-Out Stupidest Action Movies I've Ever Seen...

[MikeSNation · 1/10 · 23 February 2017]

The last word that comes to mind while watching this movie is "intelligent" since nothing about the movie - and most especially nothing about the actions of any of the characters in this movie - make any sense at all.

First of all, the acting is bad, and the lead actor is just plain brutal. He belongs in local dinner theatre in some hick town in Iowa, not the movies. He's tall and has muscles though which is enough to get him cast in this dreck.

There are literally too many problems to count. Virtually every action the lead (a highly trained covert operative CIA agent type with a license to kill) takes, and every other character too for that matter, is just plain idiotic.

• They have phones but can't just call for help? Or call the media? - The deposed president and the evil general and his soldiers all speak... English? Even to each other? And when she addresses her country? Why??? - He won't shoot the bad guy in his room because the noise will attract more bad guys, so he fights him... but then tries to shoot him like 10 seconds later anyway? - He kills a soldier in his room, chases the bad guy down the hall and dives head first down the laundry chute after him - they basically crawl out of the chute at the bottom (pretty sure laundry chutes go straight down and they'd be injured/dead), continue to fight, he knocks the bad guy out and then... just leaves him tied up on the laundry room floor? So any of his men will find and free him (which happens), even though based on the body there he knows bad guys come in there? He already killed the other bad guy, why not kill this guy too? So stupid. - The girl he slept with then literally threw out of his room, dumping her stuff on the floor, is killed (predictably) and he can't even bother to close her eyes? He just leaves her dumped in the laundry basket and puts dirty laundry back in her face? Unintentionally hilarious - but still just plain stupid. This "hero" is a huge knob. "I'm sorry." No. No you're not, knob. - Apparently the decorative medieval swords coat of arms in the hotel lobby is... actual, sharpened swords that anyone can pull out at any time and fight with? Really? - The general kills the bellhop in a sword fight (that alone is stupid) to prove a point or something, but miraculously the guy's head has not really been cut off, there is zero blood on him, the general or the floor, and none even on the sword? - When people are shot the CGI blood is just ridiculously bad. Like, made with whatever free editing software comes with a Mac bad. - I guess the first boring sword fight was so great they decided they had to have another one, but when he gives the general the sword why doesn't he just stab/kill the president since she is still the only person standing in his way? - The president goes on live TV (again - if she only needs to prove she's alive couldn't she have used one of the THREE phones they had to just call a radio/TV/newspaper and be done with it?) and says "hey I'm alive and the general is taking over the country" then the hotel workers all say "hey she's alive, so you soldiers aren't soldiers you're CRIMINALS!" and then pick up brooms and mops and arrest the soldiers. Laugh out loud stupid. First, they already know the soldiers are criminals, they're wearing masks and holding them hostage and killing their friends (one beheaded with a sword for no reason)... second, why do the soldiers just say "ok, we give up, come take our guns" instead of just shooting them, when they've already killed and raped other people? Complete nonsense. - When the bad guys are conducting a floor to floor search, why put the dead body is a laundry cart and try to move and hide it? Just dump it down the chute or put it in a random room or toss it out the window or just MOVE TO A DIFFERENT ROOM. - The title "Kill Ratio" doesn't even make sense... he has an "unlimited kill ratio?" Really? What does that even mean? Is it supposed to be like an unlimited kill LIMIT, because that would at least make logical sense. Also, he doesn't really even kill that many guys. - There's about a million more things but I'm tired of thinking about this awful film.

It sounds like it's "so bad it's funny" but really it's not even good for that. If you want to laugh at a bad action film check out any of the newer Seagal movies, "Kill Ratio" is just plain awful.

Killing in Russia

[kosmasp · 3/10 · 24 June 2017]

Oh well ... B-movie action. I mean one should know what to expect right? I guess so. But this Die Hard in a Hotel bargain bin thing really doesn't cut it. The main actor really does not have enough charisma to carry the whole movie. The story is simple enough, there is also action involved, so I guess there are a few things that be put on the plus side of the equation.

There's a bit of nudity and a lot of action. There's also a lot of CGI, that tries hard to look as real as possible. But short from going "bang bang", the shots fired from guns are obviously not real. Now I know, I shouldn't have time to judge that ... but what else was I going to do?

Not one single redeeming feature

[alvram-64335 · 1/10 · 2 June 2018]

This movie is ridiculously bad. If at least it were funny or a spoof, then maybe I could say "at least, they tried," but no, not even that. You can feel your brain cells dying as you watch the most illogical characters, illogical actions, illogical dialogue, illogical script, coupled with the worst acting I've seen in a long while.

Far from killer

[TheLittleSongbird · 2/10 · 25 April 2018]

Did not expect much in the first place before watching 'Kill Ratio'. It sounded interesting, but it did look like a not very well made, ridiculous and by the numbers film with not particularly good actors. Saw 'Kill Ratio' anyway out of curiosity, being intrigued by the idea and having been a lot of low-budget films recently (most not very good to put it lightly).

'Kill Ratio' turned out to be more or less, make that exactly even, what was expected. Except worse. It started off pretty well, giving off the sense that maybe the film won't be bad and be better than it seemed. This didn't stay for long though and it is something of a shame. After the opening, the film went down south catastrophically very quickly and never recovered or improved. Actually got pretty much worse as it progressed.

On a visual level, 'Kill Ratio' looked shoddy. Drab and simplistic, with haphazard editing, far from slick photography and very artificial-looking and overused to the point of abuse effects/CGI.

The sound/soundtrack are intrusive and obvious and the direction has no sense of atmosphere or pacing, nothing to be thrilled by and nothing much engaging.

Script is awkward-sounding and ponderous, with lines that do make one cringe. A lot of it is gibberish and juvenile, with a stilted improvisatory feel that shouldn't have made it past draft stages.

On top of that, the story goes through the motions with no tension, suspense or thrills, a lot of intelligence-insulting ridiculousness, implausibility and pacing so dull that it makes a reasonably short length much longer. The action sequences are more preposterous and by the numbers than they are thrilling or fun, a big problem for a film so heavy on this aspect. The terrible way they look also hinder them.

Characters are basically every stereotype in the book it seems and are one-dimensional caricatures with no likeability or development and with the inability to behave logically. The acting is very poor all round with a very uncharismatic lead for one.

In summary, bad film in almost every way. 2/10 Bethany Cox

if you're waiting for your plane it's OK

[jacobusbezemer · 4/10 · 30 April 2017]

camera-work and sound OK. Character buildup - zero. Sound effects in fight scenes - exaggerated.

big plus: gratuitous nudity.

heavy on the stereotypes - rude Russian generals, Hero American cold-blooded CIA, emotional eastern European women.

and why are these people speaking English 90% of the time but sometimes they do speak whatever the hell their language is supposed to be?

A pretty lite entartaining action movie

[jeanpez13 · 6/10 · 30 November 2018]

A good blend of Action, humor and drama. Pretty good script. Tom Hopper, the lead actor , is quite good as a lead. All in all, it's not out there with the best action movies, but it is pretty entertaining. It stands out in the myriad of crap attempts at action movies infesting Netflix.

Low Budget Great Film !

[pkdyer1965 · 5/10 · 26 October 2019]

One of the best action films of the year 2019, but wait it was out in 2016. Why has it took three years for this great action film to go on general release. If you're going to have an action hero make sure he's got the looks and a great sense of humour, Tom Hopper ticks all the boxes. Great support from Amy Huberman, real chemistry between the two actors made the film a great watch. The storyline a policital coup set in a hotel, the feel of the film and the characters grip you straight away, you know you're in for a good night. Lets have more films like this then the hollywood trash.

Entertaining!!

[travislafrance · 8/10 · 23 February 2019]

I may be a little biased here, well common billy bones!! He was my favourite in black sails and once again he proved himself! The two female leads were very well done. The president actually gave me chills with one of her speeches which doesn't happen very often at all. I know people have givin bad ratings and all but remember these people are the same people who say paranormal activity is a awesome horror. And twilight is the best vampire movie, watch it for your selves

It's mildly entertaining, but you have to be a pretty big fan of the the genre to even get that out of it.

[Hellmant · 6/10 · 16 December 2016]

'KILL RATIO': Three Stars (Out of Five)

A low-budget B-action flick; about a badass American covert operative, that's trying to defend the president of a poor European country against a ruthless military takeover. The film stars Tom Hopper, as the heroic badass, and it costars Amy Huberman, Lacy Moore, Nick Dunning, Brian McGuinness and Luke Pierucci. It was directed by Paul Tanter (a veteran of the genre), and it was written by Steven Palmer Peterson (a debut screenwriter). The film reminds me of the type of bad B-action flick I grew up on (one of the less memorable ones though); so in some ways it's kind of nostalgic, but it's mostly just bad.

Hopper plays James Henderson, a highly skilled (and somewhat witty) U.S. covert operative; that's on assignment in a small European country (with an unstable democracy). The country has recently elected a new President (Moore), who promises to bring new hope to the people there. The general of the corrupt country's military, General Lazar (Dunning), wants to do away with the new democracy though; by killing the President, and anyone else that gets in his way. He didn't count on James Henderson though (of course).

The film is exactly like so many 80s action movies that I watched as a kid, the kind that used to play repeatedly on TBS (most of them starring Chuck Norris or Dolph Lundgren). Hopper is definitely charismatic in the lead, and he thinks he's pretty funny. He doesn't have what it takes to be a big star though, but he could definitely keep doing direct-to-video movies like this (and TV, which he's already doing). The director and writer should probably stick to this genre as well. The movie is mildly entertaining, but I think you have to be a pretty big fan of the the genre to even get that out of it.

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4 Stars Is being Kind

[fredgfinklemeyer · 4/10 · 9 January 2019]

01/09/2019 Poor, poor acting. Storyline filled with cliché's, unnecessary nudity all while government takeover takes place. Great movie title but a waste of movie watching time. Bon Appetit

Worst action choreography

[ashwinijena · 4/10 · 3 January 2020]

The story line is very poor and so as the actions. It seems as the hero is having super power who can never be defeated. Acting is ok and the camera work is zero.

Gives "direct to DVD" a bad name

[Wizard-8 · 3/10 · 28 September 2018]

American patriots may at first be attracted to this movie for it being one of the rare films to show a member of the CIA in a positive light, but I am pretty sure not long into watching this movie even they will see that this is a terrible movie. It's another "Die Hard" rip-off, though to be fair the filmmakers tinkered with the formula in ways that it doesn't feel as blatant a rip-off as other imitators of the formula. And I could excuse the movie looking pretty cheap and tacky at times. What bothered me, however, was how boring most of this movie is. For example, in the first half of the movie, we only get two action sequences. And none of that action - or any other action in the movie for that matter - is particularly well accomplished, looking and feeling very mechanical and drab instead. There are some very silly character actions in the movie, mostly in the last fifteen or so minutes. Had the movie been filled from start to finish with such silly character actions, I might have recommended the movie as an unintentional comedy. But as it is, there's not enough here at any level to make the movie worth a look.

"I don't have time to store a dead president in my room"

[hwg1957-102-265704 · 4/10 · 12 April 2021]

A typical 'Die Hard' imitation set in a hotel in the Dnestrian Autonomous Republic and like many imitations is a poor copy of the original idea of the 'lone man' against the forces of evil, here soldiers who have overthrown the rightful president. Not much in the movie makes any sense. The 'lone man' is played by Tom Hopper who has all the charm and presence of a whelk. The way he wanders about the hotel so freely is stupid. Security in the hotel is laughable. The action is blandly choreographed with the renegade soldiers being dispatched with hilarious ease. The laundry chute scene is a rib-tickler. The title of the film is pretty meaningless. There were three producers and six executive producers for this. Many hands make lightweight work.

The only character I actually liked was the president played by Lacy Moore. She was eminently watchable.

One vs a whole army

[steeleronaldr · 3/10 · 30 June 2022]

This movie tries too hard to be a action movie but fails miserably. The best thing or thing's about this movie is Tom Hopper and Lacy Moore the two strongest characters. Still at their best couldn't save this dud. The worst was Amy Huberman, all she does throughout the movie is whine or run around clueless.

Again we have an entire army that couldn't hit a target two feet in front of them. Again one man wipes out 80% of the entire army single handedly. I can't really say too much about this movie cause it's that lame. The actors are stiff, the acting is flat and the action is cartoonish. Save the 86 minutes and read a book or enjoy some r&r cause this movie is a stinker.

A Massive Disappointment!

[jackjmoffat · 3/10 · 5 May 2017]

I do not like dishing out negative feedback in these reviews but I find it very difficult in all truth to find good points about this film which is sad and disappointing in many aspects due to the plot line.

Now, moving on about the plot line. On Netflix, it's short description quotes "Posing as a telecom salesman at a business conference, a CIA agent fights to protect a fledgling Eastern European democracy from a military coup." and, on IMDb it says, "An attack on the new President of a fledgling Eastern European democracy pits an American covert operative against the country's ruthless military leader determined to seize control of the government."

This plot line and description to me anyway came across as interesting so, I gave it a watch… Intently for the full duration (1h 26min) and I was let-down by how it felt like the entire film was centred around a block of flats almost considering it was supposed to be as expected about a full-on military coup! Also, I found that there cast including Tom Hopper, Amy Huberman and Nick Dunning as well as many other actors didn't exactly play their roles well and to the best that could have possibly been if there was perhaps a different cast but there you are.

The potential of the idea that is behind this movie could have seriously been great but I purely believe that it just fell into the wrong hands in terms of producers and directors… Steven Palmer Peterson however, the Writer… Well done because I think that this could have really been successful and been a box office hit, if it fell into the right hands.

Therefore, I hereby justify that I rate this film, Kill Ratio (2016), directed by Paul Tanter and produced by the following production companies; Benattar/Thomas Productions, Parkside Pictures, Tadross Media Group and Fixer Film Productions as a 3 out of a possible 10.

My rating is justified due to the lack of action, the over-exaggerated plot line/description and down to just how the idea has been handled because, as previously stated the potential for this idea and film could have been on a seriously big scale, massive in fact and the misfortune of having the listed production companies above take on this project/production.

Nothing too great or new here, but still fairly solid

[Horst_In_Translation · 6/10 · 16 December 2016]

"Kill ratio" is an American movie from 2016 and this one here is really very very new at this point. It runs for slightly under 90 minutes and was directed by Paul Tanter and written by Steven Palmer Peterson and time will tell if it becomes one of their most known works. The lead actor is Tom Hopper and I cannot say I am familiar with him or with any of the other actors in here, but I guess he is physically fine for the part and also his performance is pretty decent overall. Nothing too great or deep, but he works the part, which is a solid achievement as he is in almost every scene of the film. And same can be said about the film overall. You should not check this one out if you are looking for great depth or meaningful character development, but it has some guilty pleasure potential and people who like film's à la Liam Neeson's "Taken" can have a pretty solid time with this one I guess. It is the story of a contractor who is in a foreign country at the very time a military coup happens. And as an unstoppable one man army, he makes his way helping to finish the bad guys and bring the former president back to power while getting rid of the radical military leader. It's all pretty generic and stereotypical really and also predictable, also with the hot women (moaning all the times because of how much they suffer, I am sure this was not meant the way it sounded haha) surrounding our hero, but sometimes films like these can be really solid too if you are in the mood. Like I said, don't go into this one with too high expectations and you can spend a fairly enjoyable 85 minutes I am sure. That's why my overall verdict on this film is a thumbs-up. I recommend checking it out.

Sometimes, stars don't tell the whole story

[guyzradio · 5/10 · 14 December 2019]

I sat through the movie as "before or while I drop off to sleep" fare. I stayed awake for the whole thing, which must mean something. However, further consideration led me to conclude Kill Ratio is like the 200 songs that make up the libraries of most commercial radio stations: you've seen (or heard) it before and you're pretty sure where it's going, but you're not sufficiently motivated to switch the station.

Characters are all stereotypical, and none of the actors were recognizable, despite my halting the credit roll at the end to double check. The name of the fictitious eastern European democracy is pretty well buried in the dialogue if it was named at all. We do see the Cyrillic alphabet on some signage.

The suspension of disbelief, which is usually required for 007-ish movies, gets a vigorous workout on this one. Puzzling from the outset is why the madam president of this new democracy is engaged in talks with a telecom company when skirmishes between pro and anti government forces are visible from the hotel where they are being held. She finally gets the picture, but is wounded seriously as she and her motorcade head for safer ground. She is brought back to the hotel comatose where Mr. CIA patches her up, and within a few hours is on her feet to pick up the fight.

Never mind that our CIA operative is Teflon coated, easily vanquishing what seems like dozens of ski-masked soldiers. Side thought -- maybe the masks made it possible to kill the same actors over and over. There several instances where the good guys escape demise when the prudent thing to do would be for their captors to eliminate them, or at least display a much higher degree of wariness.

In the end, the president makes a broadcast to the nation to regain control, bad guys are vanquished, and the soldiers guarding the remaining hotel staff are declared criminals. So what do the soldiers do? They simply hand over their weapons and place themselves at the mercy of those they have terrorized, rather than run. The expected retaliation never occurs.

Sit through the movie if you have time, don't expect a lot, and have nothing productive to do. You won't be disappointed, or thrilled either. Except...the similarity of a movie released in 2016 to the political atmosphere in the US and Europe in December 2019 is a bit eerie.

Action Flick with Tom HOPPER

[ZeddaZogenau · 6/10 · 24 November 2023]

Entertaining action film about an ultra-cool CIA agent (Tom Hopper) who almost single-handedly prevents a military coup somewhere in Eastern Europe. The film, shot in Ireland, impresses with good action scenes, a plot that is not really to be taken seriously and a likeable lead actor, who is also seen as a fighting pig.

Tom Hopper, born in England in 1985, definitely flexes his muscles here. He is best known from the series "Black Sails" (as Billy Bones), "The Umbrella Academy" and "Game Of Thrones" (as Dickon Tarly). But he was also in films like "Northmen: A Viking Saga" (2014) and "Terminator: Dark Fate" (2019).

Ehh- it's a movie...

[zelmaree · 5/10 · 5 June 2023]

I'd give it a generous 4 & 1/2 stars It's not the most complicated of plots; a fictional Eastern European state's emerging out of the old Eastern Bloc mentality, reaching for Western democratic values & aiming to improve their international standing- encouraged by an American interest.

But, there's a hardline group, with military backing- who like 'the old ways' (with their own shadowy foreign interest) - obviously, the two will clash...

Tom Hopper, bless his cotton socks- he really does try in the role. He certainly fits the physicality of his character, but he can't exactly blend into the background- not at a whopping 6' 4''.

He's also not really a self-actualised character any more than any of the others; it's only that he's slightly less shallowly drawn, as the MC- having moments of humour & humanity.

But John Wick he's not- being almost super-hero-like, in how little he's affected by anything.

The next best character is the new President Petrenko- & to be honest, that's not saying a lot - from the good guys to the bad, these people are shallow as a puddle- & the bad guys are pretty much the worst kind of cardboard cutouts & oldschool stereotypes, across the board.

The action ranges from mediocre to just above average- & there's an actual swordfight near the end.

What can I say? I killed some time with it...

Cigarette ad with movie attached

[bitbucketchip · 1/10 · 25 May 2022]

The only reason this Asylum-grade turkey exists is to promote smoking. Without the tobacco company product placement money this thing would never have made it to our screens. One more reason to hate the tobacco companies.

Tom Hopper plays a self-centered d-bag a-hole caught in a coup. Some other actors do things, but you won't care except when they might kill him and put an end to this mess.

Zero stars for a boring infomercial.

Not too bad

[compugor · 3/10 · 5 June 2019]

The lead dude is cool and Amy Huberman, along with another gratuitous chick who gets killed, does a pretty good job of being tasty in this absolutely ridiculous story that is borderline campy. Got through it in 4 or 5 installments. Somehow it was an ok experience for a B minus movie.

He's just one man

[nogodnomasters · 6/10 · 28 August 2017]

James Henderson (Tom Hopper) works as a liaison or fixer, at an up scale Hotel in an Eastern European nation with huge mountains. He lets us know "Cynicism is a sign of intelligence and age." A coup erupts and overthrows the democracy. It operates out of the same hotel. Through a weird plot twist the injured president (Lacy Moore) is hiding out there with the plucky hotel manager Gabrielle Martin (Amy Huberman). She had no idea James is ex-CIA or something not really established, except that he has "kill ratio" an unlimited amount of people he is authorized to kill by....someone.

Yes only Tom Hopper stands between Democracy and military dictatorship by defeating a small army in the corridors of a hotel. Amy Huberman had a good character and did well with her lines. There were a lot of positives to the film including dialogue and negatives including dialogue, especially the line, "Lower your weapons. They're civilians." Seriously? In Eastern Europe? The entire production is filmed inside of the hotel, except for that one scene where James steps out for a cigarette. The movie was somewhat entertaining, but uneven. Soft 3 stars.

Guide: F-word. Attempted rape. Nudity (Michelle Lehane)