'' To Kill a Man '' received mostly positive reviews upon its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival . '' Variety '' reviewer Guy Lodge , called " “ To Kill a Man , ” a grim , fat-free revenge thriller that extracts an impressive degree of moral equivocation from its exceedingly simple premise . " John DeFore in his review for '' The Hollywood Reporter '' called the film " A quiet drama that cares as much about familial alienation as getting away with murder . " Carlos Aguilar of '' Indiewire '' grade the film B by saying that " Chilean director Alejandro Fernandez Almendras ' third feature " To Kill a Man " is a quietly powerful character study that meditates on the ramifications of a family man 's choice to defend his kind . " Lorri Vodi Rupard from '' The GATE '' praised the film by saying that " The tonality of To Kill A Man is that of stark desperation , the subject matter weighty . Still , woven throughout Alejandro ’s undertaking there ’s tangible humor and pathos as if one is watching an unanimated rip-off of WB ’s Roadrunner where Wile E. Coyote has found Jesus and is less emaciated after all these years but still ca n’t get his man . " Chris Michael of '' The Guardian '' gave the film four out of five stars by saying that " This meticulous film squeezes Jorge ever tighter in its grip as his contemptuous wife , his vulnerable daughter and , you feel , his own pride demand that he stand up for his family when the authorities ca n't kiss it better . A terrifically tense first half culminates in a truly brilliant scene featuring a car alarm used as a lure . The pace subsequently sags , but it all ends with a dramatic pop as sharp as the first of only two gunshots in this menacing , morally agnostic film . "
2014 Sundance Film Festival
2014 Sundance Film Festival
To Kill a Man