Director Ben Wheatley has spent his career making films of all stripes. He has dabbled in cult horror, conspiratorial thrillers, twisty shoot-’em-ups, psychedelic dramas, surreal satires, murderous rom-coms, and schlocky B-movies. But it is within the intersections between genres that his best work lives. Take Kill List, Wheatley’s magnum opus.

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