They Will Kill You has a lot going for it on paper. Zazie Beetz is excellent, backed by a strong cast including Patricia Arquette, Heather Graham, and Tom Felton, and there are flashes of really good cinematography throughout. But it never quite comes together. The pacing is uneven, moving in bursts rather than building properly, and the tone is all over the place. It feels like a mix of John Wick, Kill Bill, and modern cult horror like Ready or Not, but it never finds a balance between them. The humour didn't land for me, and while others in the cinema were reacting to the gore, it felt more gratuitous than effective. Instead of elevating the film, the violence and weirdness start to feel like noise. There's a better film in here somewhere, but it never quite finds its footing.

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