Why Don't You Just Die!

"A double-barreled shotgun, a sack stuffed with cash, an interrogation by power drill and enough secrets and surprises to fuel an HBO limited TV series — except, in this case, it’s all been compressed to about 90 minutes of ultra-stylized and highly efficient storytelling."

"An accomplished film that makes the very most of its limited sets, without seeming constricted or stagey."

"To delve into the hows and whys would be to dilute the jaw-dropping entertainment value of Why Don’t You Just Die!..."

"Broken up into four narrative quarters, writer/director Kirill Sokolov’s flashy international breakthrough (as well as his debut feature) mostly concerns a bloody hostage situation that’s either caused or hastened by a nasty mix of sexual abuse, blackmail, police corruption, and graphic torture."

"This is not a film to see, if you can't stand the sight of blood... If you're desensitised to these things, for better or worse, such as myself, then you'll laugh and cringe and love the whole damn thing."

"Sorry Tarkovsky, Russian cinema has a new filmmaker to champion."

"A splatterpunk action comedy drenched in gleefully dark Russian humour."