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Kill or Be Killed (2015)

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In the autumn of 1900, outlaw Claude Barbee puts his 'retirement plan' in action, attempting to lead his train-robbing gang across Texas to recover a cash stash hidden after a botched railroad heist.

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Claude 'Sweet Tooth' Barbee
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'Slap' Jack Davis
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Frank 'Blockey' Jackson (as Greg Kelly)
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Goody Spotswood
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Willie Carson
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Tom Nixon
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Pearl Nava (as Arianne Margot)
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Bargsley
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Ivy Goebel
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Bert
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Phoebe
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In the autumn of 1900, outlaw Claude Barbee puts his 'retirement plan' in action, attempting to lead his train-robbing gang across Texas to recover a cash stash hidden after a botched railroad heist. They soon discover they're being hunted by more than just the law - but rather a merciless, unexpected evil quite possibly greater than themselves. Written by Anonymous

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Red on Yella, Kill a Fella  »

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The movie's lead character, Claude Barbee, is actually named after the real life Texas outlaw who killed a Deputy in a gunfight on a west Texas ranch in the early 1900's. Barbee, whose brother was a Texas Ranger, fled before being captured, but escaped. He was pursued by Pat Garrett at one point, but gave the lawman the slip and made it out to California, where he lived under an assumed name until he died in 1949. See more »

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(around 25min) when the Farmer kills the Man at the farmhouse kitchen table with the gun rig, then immediately bashes his Wife also at the table , he then throws His Wife down the cellar, now, when he shuts the cellar doors he does not lock it with the cross wood and clearly walks away (we can see through the gap ) anyway...seconds later it shows a outside shot and the doors are locked with the cross wood. See more »

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This movie was a blast!
6 March 2016 | by – See all my reviews

I'm a huge spaghetti western fan and this one took me back to the feel of those oldies. Sure it gets a little silly, sure it gets pretty bloody, and yes it is weird - but it was all part of the fun for me. It flowed well and took me along for the ride. They made a solid movie with hardly any budget and no stars, and with a great soundtrack too. That's impressive.

Some people seem to be complaining about its use of different tones that intersect throughout. Have you watched any of the classic spaghetti westerns?? They almost all had comedy, drama, action, violence, and sometimes even a little horror mixed in there. And I'll have to remind you that Bone Tomahawk was ladened with comedy.

It's unfair to compare it to Bone Tomahawk anyway just because that is considered by some to be a "horror western," and that's the only other one released in the last few months (years?). I read an interview of the film makers where they said Kill Or Be Killed was made two whole years before Bone Tomahawk even started. So there's no way they were inspired by it or even knew about it probably.

If you can handle the fact that it is an independent, and you want a fun popcorn movie set in the old west that tries something new and exciting for a change and isn't your run of the mill story seen 1,000,000 times (ahem, Forsaken, Jane Got a Gun, blah blah), this is well worth your time. You won't be disappointed.


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