The Kill Point has a great cast, John Leguizamo (Mr. Wolf) gives his usual best. Donnie Wahlberg does his best with his oddly named (Horst Cali) and odd acting Grammarphile hostage negotiator. Tobin Bell (Saw) does a great job in the little screen time he has as an important Real Estate magnate who uses some less than ethical methods to extract his daughter from the hostage situation. Another pleasant surprise is that several cast members from The Wire make appearances including J.D. Williams, Michael K. Williams (playing a talkative SWAT sniper) and Leo Fitzpatrick among others.
The pilot had a decent (but not great) start, although I thought the dialogue was stiff, the exposition was blatant and and the situations more than familiar. The episodes that followed did not have the same amount of exposition (for dummies) or the movie of the week dialogue. One thing I noticed is that ever since The Shield went on the air, "shit" and "asshole" have become very popular (i.e., overused) words on the various basic cable shoes and The Kill Point is no different. All of that aside, the mini series is at the very least an interesting summer show. You can check out the webisodes for some light backstory and secondary plot threads. In case you missed any of the episodes Spike will probably be showing tons of reruns leading up to the two hour season finale on Sunday, August 26th.
For recaps and webisodes check out The Kill Point at iFilm. For interviews with the stars of The Kill Point, click below.
 | Kill Point: Donnie Wahlberg Donnie Whalberg on his new miniseries, Kill Point. |
 | Kill Point: John Leguizamo John Leguizamo on the Spike series, Kill Point. |
