Sci-Thriller 'Kill Switch' Is Better Off As A Video Game

Kill Switch (PG13)

Starring Dan Stevens, Bérénice Marlohe

Directed by Tim Smit

An experiment to create unlimited energy produces apocalyptic side effects that only Beauty & the Beast’s Dan Stevens’ hunky scientist can avert.

Stevens is a good lookin’ fella who can do action (check him out as a super-soldier in The Guest), so it seems like a crime to hide his mug for the most part of this nauseating sci-fi thriller told from the hero’s POV.

Like last year’s Hardcore Henry, the first-person perspective is gimmicky and wears out after, say, the first 10 minutes. Seasoned video gamers may dig it, but others may want to wait for the VR version. (**)