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The Killing Gene

Year:

2008

Duration:

104 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.7

Director:

Tom Shankland

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2008-02-22

Filming Locations: Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Tom Hardy

The Killing Gene

Stellan Skarsgård

Eddie Argo

Melissa George

Helen Westcott

Ashley Walters

Daniel Leone

Paul Kaye

Dr. Gelb

John Sharian

Jack Corelli

Selma Blair

Jean Lerner

Barbara Adair

Alice Jackson

Peter Ballance

Trucker (as Peter Balance)

Sally Hawkins

Elly Carpenter

Lauren Hood

Sharon Williams

Caroline Lee-Johnson

Gillian (as Caroline Lee Johnson)

Sean Brian Chipango

Jamal Osman / Khaled Osman (as Brian 'Saen' Jordan)

Sheila Kerr

Alison Lerner

Michael Liebmann

Wesley Smith (as Michael Liebman)

Joshua O'Gorman

Dominic Carpenter

Alibe Parsons

Miss Allaway

Robert D. Phillips

Captain Maclean (as Robert Phillips)

Marcus Valentine

Hassan Harbi

Michael Wildman

O'Hare

Igor Breakenback

SWAT Leader (uncredited)

Alvin Charles

(uncredited)

Larry Cowan

Junkie (uncredited)

Laurence Doherty

NYPD Detective (uncredited)

Roy McManus

Paramedic (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Associate producer Brock Norman Brock, supporting actor Tom Hardy, and cinematographer Morten Søborg shortly after this film would work with Nicolas Winding Refn. Brock (as co-writer) and Hardy (in the lead titular role) in Bronson (2008) and Søborg (who is famous for his work with Refn) in Valhalla Rising (2009).

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Goofs

After Gelb is arrested, the whiteboard shows the full, unmarked Price equation. In the next shot, the equation is marked up in red.

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When Detective Jackson is looking through Daniel Leone's criminal history, one of the entries states that he was charged with possession of "crystal methadone." There is no such substance. It would either be crystal methamphetamine or simply methadone - most likely the former.

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In the last scene, while being dead on the electric chair, you can see Eddie breathing a little bit.

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Quotes

Gelb: [explaining the W Delta Z equation] The selfish gene...

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Jean Lerner: Just flick the switch. It's what we all do. There is no love.

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Helen Westcott: I was warned you are an asshole!

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Faq

What are the differences between the R-Rated and Unrated Version?

There are only minor differences between R-Rated and Unrated. A few rather pointless scene extensions and a bit more gore, nothing spectacular. The R-Rated was for rent in Blockbuster video stores in the US. It's not clear whether or not it is on sale somewhere else. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.

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