First Kill

First Kill
	Official poster
Directed by	Steven C. Miller
Produced by	Randall Emmett; George Furla; Mark Stewart;
Written by	Nick Gordon
Starring	Hayden Christensen; Bruce Willis; Gethin Anthony; Megan Leonard; Tyler Jon Olson; Shea Buckner; William DeMeo;
Music by	Ryan Franks; Scott Nickoley;
Cinematography	Brandon Cox
Edited by	Thomas Calderon
Production; companies	Grindstone Entertainment Group; Brookstreet Pictures; Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films;
Distributed by	Lionsgate Premiere
Release date	July 21, 2017 (United States);
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$347,343[1]

First Kill is a 2017 American action thriller film directed by Steven C. Miller and written by Nick Gordon. The film stars Hayden Christensen and Bruce Willis.

Plot

Wall Street broker Will Beeman (Hayden Christensen) has been struggling with being present for his wife Laura (Megan Leonard) and son Danny (Ty Shelton). Shortly after hearing of Danny being bullied at school, Will decides to take his family to his hometown, Granville, Ohio in order to bond with Danny. Upon entering Granville, Will is reacquainted with Police Chief Marvin Howell (Bruce Willis), a family friend who knew Will's father and at one point dated his aunt, Dottie (Deb G. Girdler). Howell advises Will on taking precaution after informing him of a recent bank robbery where a couple of million dollars were stolen. While teaching Danny how to hunt with a rifle, Will and Danny witness a heated exchange between two men, one of them holding the other at gunpoint, enquiring after money drop-off not going according to plan. The unarmed man (Gethin Anthony) is shot in the shoulder after throwing a key near Will's position at a shooting station; Danny's shocked gasp at the shooting attracts the gunman's attention. The gunman opens fire on Will's location, prompting Will fearing for his son's safety, to shoot him with his hunting rifle in self-defense. Upon inspecting the dead gunman, he's surprised to discover a concealed badge - that the gunman was a police officer who failed to identify himself. Distraught, Will brings the wounded man to the family cabin in order for Laura, a surgeon, to provide first aid and hopefully save the only other witness to the proceedings.

Shortly after being treated and bandaged-up, on regaining consciousness the man takes Danny hostage at knife-point, demanding that Will help him retrieve the discarded key in exchange for Danny's freedom. While attempting to retrieve the key back at the shooting shack, they're surprised by a uniformed officer, Richie Stechel (William DeMeo), who opens fire on Will and the gunman. The gunman tells Will to meet him at a bulletin board after retrieving the key, then absconds with Will's car and son as hostage. After a failed attempt at pursuing his son, Will learns of the gunman's name from Howell as Levi Barrett, and that the deceased officer was Richie's brother, Charlie (Shea Buckner). Will waits until nightfall to retrieve the key, only to be confronted by Richie. Will successfully subdues Richie, left hand-cuffed to a tree, then heads to the bulletin board for further instructions. Meanwhile, Danny bonds with Levi and learns the reasons behind the bank robbery. Howell and the Stechel brothers engineered the heist and intended to use Levi as the fall guy. Levi agreed to the heist in order to financially support Mabel Fantion (Christine Dye), his girlfriend Adele's (Magi Avila) cancer-ridden mother. Levi was supposed to drop off the stolen money at a drop-site, but suspecting the cops would likely betray him, did not arrive due to fear of the site being compromised with a potential assassin. Howell also deduces Levi's predicament after a uniformed officer investigates Barrett's apartment.

Howell and Will converge on Mabel's hospital bed, with Howell questioning Will's motivation for being there. While Howell is distracted with a radio call by an officer, Will receives a map from Mabel revealing the location of the post office where the stolen money was stashed and the location of an underground bunker at which to make the exchange for his son. The key is used to unlock the mailbox containing the stolen cash. Will briefly eludes Howell but is caught again after retrieving the money. Seemingly sympathetic to Will's situation, Howell provides Will transport to the bunker in order to apprehend Levi. Will gives the money to Levi and is reunited with Danny. Simultaneous to this reunion, Richie kidnaps Laura from the family cabin and drives her to Howell's location for a leverage of their own.

While attempting to flee, Adele is murdered by Howell. Left with nothing to lose, Levi attacks Howell and Richie only to be wounded. Will takes Danny to a hunter's watchtower, where Danny soon after pushes a pursuing Richie off a high ladder to knock him out (due to following good anti-bullying advice Levi imparted to him previously while bonding over computer games). Howell holds Laura at gunpoint, threatening to shoot her if Will doesn't hand over the money. Desperate to help his parents, Danny retrieves a pistol from the unconscious Richie and attempts to shoot Howell, only for Will to stop him. In an attempt to taunt Will, Howell reveals himself as the person that murdered Will's father years earlier. Levi distracts Howell, while Laura ducks providing Will the opportunity to shoot Howell in the head.

During the aftermath, Levi dies of his injuries, much to Danny's sadness. Richie is questioned by the rest of the police department, and Mabel is found dead on the hospital bed, murdered by Howell previously by removing her life support system. As the remaining incorrupt officers boast on news media over the recovered loot, the Beeman family relinquish their hunting rifle and decide to return home to deal with their daily lives.

Cast

Hayden Christensen as William "Will' Beeman
Bruce Willis as Police Chief Marvin Howell
Ty Shelton as Danny Beeman
Gethin Anthony as Levi Barrett
Megan Leonard as Laura Beeman
Tyler Jon Olson[2] as Officer Tom Davies
Jesse Pruett[2] as Officer Lewis
Shea Buckner as Charlie Stechel
William DeMeo as Richie Stechel
Magi Avila as Adele Fantion
Chris R Moss as Officer Cox
Chelsea Mee as Tammy
Deb G. Girdler as Aunt Dottie
Christine Dye as Mabel Fantion

Production

Principal photography on the film began in August 2016 in Granville, Ohio.[3]

References

"First Kill". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
Ford, Rebecca (August 30, 2016). "Hayden Christensen Joining Bruce Willis in 'First Kill' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
Love, Katie (August 30, 2016). "Filming begins in Granville for Bruce Willis film". NBC4i.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.

External links

First Kill at IMDb
First Kill at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "First Kill". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[ChristensenCast-2] Ford, Rebecca (August 30, 2016). "Hayden Christensen Joining Bruce Willis in 'First Kill' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2016.

[3] Love, Katie (August 30, 2016). "Filming begins in Granville for Bruce Willis film". NBC4i.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.