Essential Killing (2010) ( Essence ) ( Essence of Killing )

Essential Killing (2010) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$32.99

Original Title: Essence
Alternate Title: Essence of Killing
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Ireland ( Great Britain, Ireland )
Norway ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Poland ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Jerzy Skolimowski

Written By:
Jerzy Skolimowski
Ewa Piaskowska

Actors:
Vincent Gallo ..... Mohammed
Emmanuelle Seigner ..... Margaret
Zach Cohen ..... American Contractor 1
Iftach Ophir ..... American Contractor 2
Nicolai Cleve Broch ..... Helicopter Pilot 1
Stig Frode Henriksen ..... Helicopter Pilot 2
David L. Price ..... Interrogation Officer
Tracy Spencer Shipp ..... Young Soldier in Suv
Mark Gasperich ..... Head of Pursuit Team
Phillip Goss ..... Military Doctor
Klaudia Kaca ..... Woman on a Bicycle
Dariusz Juzyszyn ..... Logger
Raymond Josey ..... American Soldier
Robert Mazurkiewicz ..... Hunter
Janusz Wojtarowicz ..... Margaret's Husband

Synopsis:

A pair of American security operatives (Zach Cohen and Iftach Ofir) are on patrol in Afghanistan when they stumble upon a Taliban fighter (Vincent Gallo), who kills them despite his terror and nervousness. While trying to escape, the Afghan is captured by American forces; he's tortured during interrogation, but doesn't tell the Americans anything, in part because an explosion has made it difficult for him to hear what they're saying. The Americans ship the Afghan off to a detention facility with a number of other Taliban soldiers, but upon arrival he's able to escape. However, the Afghan finds himself in a forbidding snowbound climate, and with no provisions or warm clothing he struggles to simply survive as he avoids his pursuers and struggles to find some way to get home. Shot with very little dialogue (and almost none delivered by leading man Gallo), Essential Killing received its North American premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.

Captured by the US military in Afghanistan, Mohammed is transported to a secret military black site somewhere in the Eastern Europe. When the armed convoy he is riding in plummets off a steep hill, Mohammed finds himself suddenly free and on the run behind the enemy lines, among a hostile, snow blanketed forest. Relentlessly pursued by an army that officially does not exist, Mohammed must constantly confront the need to kill in order to survive.

A Taliban member who lives in Afghanistan is taken captive by the Americans after killing three American soldiers. He is transferred to Europe for interrogation but manages to escape from his captors and becomes an escaped convict on a continent he does not know.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 13 August, 2011.

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