Kill Ben Lyk (2018) User Reviews

Very light weight humor, kinda juvenile, coulda been better, though.

[clivejamesrd · 5/10 · 23 March 2020]

The main setback is that the vlogger character has way too much screen time and he's tiresome. to see and hear after 20 minutes. Someone so utterly stupid is never funny more than five minutes in because for the rest of the movie you keep thinking, "This would be more fun if he got what he deserved, got dispatched, in the second act, then the show could go on." That would be achieved by making all the Ben Lyk characters responsible for carrying the movie, rather than the putx hwo is stuck at age five all the way through. Yes, in real life utter imbeciles may surive to a mature age, but in entertainment, we are not obliged to reflect that much realism.

Not bad not great

[evz1974 · 5/10 · 12 November 2020]

The run time makes this more bearable, it's nothing ground breaking but does have a few moments that make you laugh, although it also has a few that make you groan. The acting at times is decent and at times woeful. The whole film is the kind of film that almost...almost is a good film but just doesn't quite get over the line as one I'd recommend immediately but if you need to kill 80 mins you could do worse..

Not a film I'd watch twice but don't feel the universe owes me time back for the first viewing so there's that at least...

All in all, average movie let down at times by dodgy acting and a dodgy plot, but it's also slightly daft and amusing...marmite film maybe?

So bad it's actually good

[kipper-12 · 6/10 · 19 June 2020]

I've heard the term "it's so bad it's actually good", but I could never make sense of it... until now. This movie is so weird I ended up enjoying it completely, with its twisted plot and oddball characters. Not quite Guy Ritchie, but it has similar vibes.

A bit funny at the beginning, but ruin by the overuse teasing scene, and super boring action scene! Should have done better!

[kwenchow · 1/10 · 24 April 2020]

This film start with a man with armor copulate with a woman, an unknown man with mask trying to kill the man with armor, the man with mask ask the man with armor to spell his name, the man with armor answer is "Ben Lyk", and the introduction of another Youtuber also call "Ben Lyk" scene! As turnout, this film is about a gang boss "O'Sullivan" fake his own death to win the gang war, and he want to kill all the people with "Ben Lyk" name, because Ben Lyk recorded the killing of the fake O'Sullivan scene! The person who record the video actually is the Youtuber Ben Lyk! Entire film full of boring conversation, and overuse of the teasing scene! Make the film unwatchable! The shooting scene also simply shot here and there! Not intense at all! Barely laughable scene is, the colored Ben Lyk telling Youtuber Ben Lyk, the female Ben Lyk has male private part! At the end, only the Youtuber Ben Lyk survive by the killing! He eventually change his name to "Michel Girard"! O'Sullivan order his henchman to kill all the Michel Girard! Still have two post credit scene! First one, O'Sullivan order his henchman to undress himself! Second one, Michel's female on screen actress ask for payment for her job! That's it! Another disappointed film!

Absolute codswallop

[garyphillimore · 2/10 · 27 August 2020]

I watched an hour of this awful movie and eventually had to give up, acting awful, not funny. Can't believe it's got a 4.8 rating to be honest. Don't waste your time

Dreadful

[stevedawsonckt · 2/10 · 25 August 2020]

Don't even bother wasting your time with this. Has the premise to be quite good but after 5 mins the main character is frustratingly annoying, I lasted about 20 mins and turned it off. Absolutely nothing good to write about this so called comedy. Gave it 2 stars as if you can last longer than 20 mins it may actually improve.

Pleasantly surprised

[TheRealMisterMan · 7/10 · 13 November 2019]

The main character is an almost insufferable vlogger stereotype, but the humor is able to carry it regardless, and I was pretty entertained throughout. Would definitely recommend for movie night with friends or similar.

Redirect the camera

[captainsilverink · 5/10 · 1 May 2020]

Let me start by saying that this movie has a great premise and from the trailers I knew I'd at least enjoy it.

And I did, the supporting cast is excellent.

The only issue is we barely get to interact with them at all.

With excellent artists like Scroobius Pip who portray some actual interesting characters, it feels like they're barely in the movie, all being killed off with little screen time or fanfare

Instead, we get an insufferable vlogger who not only takes up most of the movie, it's apparent by the end of it that he's learned nothing and not grown at all. He's still the same child that got everyone killed, and seems to have not changed for the process in the slightest.

Between that and police chief mom singing nursery rhymes (with no pay off) the movie focuses all its energy on the wrong parts.

The supporting cast is excellent though, give it that.

Great introduction. Entertaining to watch. Some Downfalls.

[lazarchikjacob · 7/10 · 5 April 2020]

I will say, excellent for what appears to be a lower budget production. With very few scenes to work with, you made a very excellent movie. The plot felt complete, it was entertaining to watch, however, some characters warranted some more development. Particularly the main character, who is revealed as egotistical, but besides that, has not many more character traits. He occupies plenty of screen-time yet he lacks in dimension. Often he is repeating similar behaviors, and not contributing much of anything positive to the story line. This makes the character exhausting, degrading the plot,; however, other characters fill in this void and become much more significant to the plot. In terms of comical value, the comedy is not well placed, it feels repetitive, and hurts the thriller and mystery aspect of this movie. The movie felt casual, not much got my eye, and with very little connection to the characters, the target genre seemed unapparent. Overall, enjoyable? Yes. Memorable? No.

The British used to be funny.....

[s3276169 · 3/10 · 11 May 2020]

I'm not sure what happened to British comedy ("cough....woke") but humour is no longer their strong suit.

"Kill Ben Lyk" isn't funny. Its premise and characters follow a predictable tired trajectory, accompanied by hackneyed humour, that's simply put, unintelligent and boring.

I managed about thirty minutes before giving up. The acting is fine but so much else is uninspired, there is little left to say.

May suit the easy pleased but, I suspect, it will irritate the discerning.

3/10.

It's obviously not meant to be taken seriously...

[rubyrocks84-879-970100 · 8/10 · 27 May 2021]

It's entertaining and made me laugh more than a few times, the storyline is bonkers and enjoyable and I was surprised at how quickly it went by. The main character is annoying but he is meant to be! Loved his stoner friend Roberto (Dimitri Leonidas) and would watch this again.

Funny and entertaining

[andrew_jakobs · 7/10 · 19 December 2020]

To be honest, maybe it's due to the other reviews that I went in with expecting nothing, but I thought it was an entertaining movie. Yeah, the main character is obnoxious, but that's the whole point. Could it have been better? Ofcourse it could have, hell even the Marvel movies could have been MUCH better..

Just watch it as the movie it is, a popcorn movie without any real meaning. If you can watch it on something like Netflix or Primevideo, go ahead.

Second worst movie this week

[wilkpat · 1/10 · 13 September 2020]

No way could I give this a one star rating but this is the minimum you can make. What a waste of almost 2 hours of my life! A ten year old could write a far better script, and nearly all the actors were very bad - especially the woman detective - and the vlogger BL. Only reason I watched to the end was the lovely lady who did quite well with some bad dialogue. The other film I rated 1 this week was a US production based on the same plot. A house with a lot of people who all are killed off one by one. It was reviewed by me, but my memory banks have removed its title for all time. A girl from Oz called Samara Weaving was in it - niece of Hugo, so talent does not run 100% in that family!

Fun British spy film

[BandSAboutMovies · 4/10 · 23 February 2020]

Three Ben Lyk's have been murdered in London, so Scotland Yard puts all of the people with that name together until it can figure out why. Yes, a masked killer with a strange mask is wiping them all out. And that would be a bad thing for anyone but one of the Ben Lyks (Eugene Simon, Lancel Lannister from Game of Thrones), a YouTuber looking for a chance at the celebrity that he's always dreamt of.

This is the first feature from director Erwan Marinopoulos, who has an assured style and opens the film with quite a bang. Literally.

I really like how Scroobius Pip shows up in this movie. I've meditated on his lyrics for the song "Thou Shall Always Kill" for years, so it was fun to see him in this.

So what happens when every Ben Lyk is in the same spot - including a former Falklands hero and a female Ben? Well, all Hell breaks loose and hijinks ensue. Plus, the design of the villain is just plain awesome.

Yet another dire British film

[charliegalloway · 1/10 · 28 August 2020]

What a terrible film ,up there with Peter's friends and Sink or swim , is there anybody in the British film industry that considers their audience , who the hell is this aimed at ! I would bet it took £27 at the box office . Rubbish acting , a script written by a 12 yr old ,unlikeable characters ,it makes Confessions of a window cleaner look like Apocalypse now ! Avoid like the plague . CG1977

Bad British Humor

[monaa-18715 · 3/10 · 29 May 2021]

Although I love it more than then American one , but there is profession End the acting is bad there is mega mega mites.

Quirky B Movie fun

[Pandoi90 · 6/10 · 18 September 2020]

The Inbetweeners meets Agatha Christie in this quirky B Movie farce. Lots of gags, cliches and fun. Take it at face value, it's a movie you watch for a laugh.

Brit bum

[anil-kulkarni-108-85663 · 4/10 · 31 March 2020]

I'm as up for a jolly good British comedy as the next person, think Hot Fuzz. But this one's lame and mouldy. Premise is that there are many guys called Ben Lyk in London and someone's out to get them all. May have been a story for a madcap comedy but falls really short of even that ambitious aim. Strictly if you have absolutely nothing to do and need a downer.

Pleasure

[beaurainjoseph · 9/10 · 6 May 2020]

Agatha Christie and Mounty Python in one movie. The perfect entertainment.

Great amazing movie

[bellatrix823 · 10/10 · 29 March 2020]

Been waiting for this movie for a long time and it did not disappoint I loved it ❤