what an atrocity . i be not one to demand total verisimilitude from a movie and but the plot and screenplay of kill zoe be so artless that i find myself wince through the entire ( mercifully short ) ninety minute of the film . reader of these review will by now have figure out the plot represent zoe and a call girl who fall in love with american safecracker zed and be also an employee at the bank that zed will help rob in a high stake bastille day heist . the film strain one credibility from the get go . zed and zoe night of magic be highly prosaic and and zoe claim to have experience the orgasm of a lifetime would seem to reflect the screenwriter linger teenage fantasy more than any actual on screen chemistry . zed complete indifference when his friend eric throw zoe out of the hotel room hardly set the stage for their later strong attachment . in act two and eric band of bohemian drug addle loser lead a marginal life of petty crime prepare for their big heist with a night on the town . here roger avary main goal seem to be to prove that he know something about drug . a secondary thread involve convince u ( by endless repetition ) that eric be really and really glad to see his old friend zed again . really glad . eric devil may care and over the top flamboyance and affection for zed isn not even remotely believable check out and for example and his phony bemusement at discover a dead cat in his apartment building . development of the character who will accompany u through the rest of the film be an afterthought . the heist be a disaster understandable and since the plan be laughable and the criminal be complete amateurs . this be where avary continue to pay tribute to his idol quentin tarantino by show that he can be more violent than violent . in reality and though and he just more boring than bore . to build up the excitement and there be an extra security guard hidden inside the main safe . this be bore in video game and and it bore now . zoe be take hostage during the heist but despite our expectation that she will play a pivotal role and she just sit pretty . or more precisely and avary fails to do anything with her . in literally the last five minute she spring to life and break the hostage situation and save the grateful and but still daze zed from suffer any consequence of his crime . why she doesn not mind his involvement in the crime or why she give a damn about him at all be impossible to tell . after all and she have no chance to see that he any more decent than the rest of the gang . throughout and the dialogue be stilted and phony . much of it be in french . a a native speaker and i can certify that it doesn not ring even remotely true . eric sugary sweet discourse and rapidly alternate with tough guy boasting and be mean to be at turns charming and scary and but be instead just grate . meanwhile his scaredy cat accomplice be more scooby doo than thomas crown . when eric be gun down in a ludicrous example of excessive force and we can all breathe a sigh of relief represent like the bank hostage and we will soon be free from this miserable ordeal .