Killing Gene (The)
- Director: Tom Shankland
- Writer: Clive Bradley
- Producer: Michael Casey; Stan Charnin
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An unexpected, thrilling little film.
Shankland has veered into television...shame.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A series of deaths have started occurring in New York; Some are being found mutilated while others have an equation wÎ"z = Cov (w,z) = ÃwzVz carved onto their skin. As police investigate they discover each victim was forced to choose between sacrificing their own life or a loved ones' life. Before long it becomes clear that this perpetrator has suffered just such a similar fate...so now is coping by seeking a way of solving this philosophical enigma, can Captain Maclean and his officers such as Eddie Argo and his new partner Helen Westcott stop this suspect, because he/she won't not until he/she gets to the end of this equation.
Cast & Characters
Barbara Adair as Alice Jackson;
Stellan Skarsgard as Eddie Argo;
Peter Ballance as Trucker;
Selma Blair as Jean Lerner;
Melissa George as Helen Westcott;
Tom Hardy as Pierre Jackson;
Sally Hawkins as Elly Carpenter;
Lauren Hood as Sharon Williams;
Caroline Lee-Johnson as Gillian;
'Sean' Brian Jordaan as Jamal Osman / Khaled Osman;
Paul Kaye as Gelb;
Sheila Kerr as Alison Lerner;
Michael Liebman as Wesley Smith;
Joshua O'Gorman as Dominic Carpenter;
Alibe Parsons as Miss Allaway