| Product Summary | | Publisher: Lions Gate | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00031398222422 | | Buy.com Sku: 205741097 | | Item#: V2L6VH | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 23830 | | Category Keywords: Action Brothers Killers | Rating:  |
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| | | Life is Cheap. Death is Profitable.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, Subtitled, Spanish, Dolby Digital (5.1)
Everything the Vanderslip brothers know, they learned from their criminal mastermind father. For John and Michael, robbing and murdering for a living is a way of life. One night, Michael reveals a shocking secret - their father had another family! But when John finally meets his stepsister, has he met his match?
"...[an] ironically disaffected tone throughout...[that] delivers a slew of memorable turns by fresh, up-and-coming talents." Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Editor's Note
Professional killers John and Michael learned to kill as boys, from their father. After years of success as a murdering duo, the two split up. It looks like John is going to make it on his own just fine until the discovery that his father had a secret family all along throws him off his course.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Trailers |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Lions Gate |
| Release Date: 9/9/2008 |
| Running Time: 87 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 22242 | | UPC: 00031398222422 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Gabriel Mann | | Jake Muxworthy | | Lauren German | | Tom Sizemore | | Jim Lang - Original Music By | | Joe Stetich - Art Director | | John Machul - Executive Producer | | Kendall Delcambre - Writer | | Lawrence A. Maddox - Editor | | Marcus Allen - Producer | | Morgan J. Freeman - Director | | Nancy Schreiber - Cinematographer | | Stephen H. Carter - Production Designer | | Travis Zariwny - Art Director |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety 8 of 10
Dark film about a family of killers maintains its ironically disaffected tone throughout, thanks to a dead-on lead perf by Jake Muxworthy ("Waterborne"), a spare, nervy script by Kendall Delcambre and clear-eyed, fluid direction by indie helmer Morgan J. Freeman ("Hurricane Streets," "Desert Blue"). Title refers to the matter-of-factly murderous philosophy of the Vanderslip clan's paterfamilias (a monstrously convincing Tom Sizemore) -- people are piggy banks: When you want money, you just break one open. Sociopathic hero's voiceover narration provides nicely contrapuntal, stream-of-limited-consciousness accompaniment throughout...Mann's Michael radiates energy, lighting up like a tot at Christmas in his homicidal glee. He specializes in young women, and it is difficult to tell whether he enjoys screwing or killing them more, or perhaps one pleasure feeds the other. Quieter, more introverted John prefers not to get any closer to his victims than strictly necessary, and finds it difficult to keep his excitable bro from taking undue risks...["Born Killers"] reps a worthy entry in the neo-noir sweepstakes and in the process delivers a slew of memorable turns by fresh, up-and-coming talents...Tech credits are fine, Nancy Schreiber's lensing subtly contrasting the cool blue, largely nighttime criminal world with a more warmly-hued, sunlit vision of redemption. - Ronnie Scheib
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