Killers

TV-MA

1996 87mAction, Adventure,

5.367%5.1

Odessa and Kyle James were just your average American boys until the night they went upstairs and killed their parents in cold blood... and smiled.

Cast of Killers

Dave LarsenOdessa James / Screenplay / Producer
David GunnKyle James
Burke MorganCharles Ryan
Damian HofferRea Ryan
Nanette BianchiJami Ryan
Renee CohenJenny Ryan
Wendy LattaLorna
Ivan VertigoMiller
Chad SommersBob
Ellis MooreStanley
Carol BakerBeverly
Timothy Patrick QuillMr. James
Susan LaPrelleMrs. James
Mike MendezDirector / Screenplay
Moshe BibiyanExecutive Producer
Simon BibiyanExecutive Producer
Joseph E. Jones-MarinoCo-Producer
S.E. LarsenExecutive Producer
John KohlbrennerMusic
Joseph E. JonesSound Mixer

Killers Ratings & Reviews

jackmeatMay 18, 2025
My quick rating - 6.1/10. What the hell did I just watch? That was my immediate thought—again—after revisiting Killers, a deranged little home-invasion thriller that veers way off the rails in the best (and sometimes most baffling) ways. Years ago, I caught this indie oddity and forgot to leave a proper review, but it recently surfaced in a piece about the Menendez brothers, and the parallels to that case make it worth a revisit. Odessa (Dave Larsen) and Kyle (David Gunn) James aren’t your average suburban sons. They go upstairs one night and murder their parents in cold blood, with creepy smiles to match. Unlike Lyle and Erik Menendez, these two escape prison and take their brand of chaos on the road. Eventually, they land in suburbia, kicking off a home invasion on the unsuspecting Ryan family. From there, Killers becomes increasingly unhinged, abandoning convention and narrative rules in favor of bloody, manic energy. Directed by Mike Mendez (yes, that’s actually his name), the film looks like it was stitched together by a tight-knit crew with more ambition than budget, and it kind of works. You can feel the passion, the rough edges, and the sheer wildness of the ideas that didn’t all fit neatly into 87 minutes. There’s a scrappy charm in how it’s all thrown together, like a student film that grew teeth. The acting, while hardly Oscar-worthy, is exactly what it needs to be for this kind of story. Everyone involved seems fully committed to the insanity. Blood flows freely, so gorehounds won’t walk away disappointed. There’s even a ridiculous gun battle that’s as far removed from realism as possible, but in an entertaining, “don’t-take-this-seriously” kind of way. Stylistically, you can tell Mendez was drinking from the Tarantino well—snappy, offbeat dialogue, pop-culture musings, and sudden bursts of violence all echo that mid-‘90s wave of pulp-inspired crime flicks. Sometimes it lands, sometimes it doesn’t, but it adds to the chaotic fun. Here’s the thing: Killers is far from perfect, but it’s weirdly memorable. It’s one of those under-the-radar ‘90s thrillers that doesn’t get talked about much but leaves a mark once you’ve seen it. Honestly, it’s the kind of film that would benefit from a proper remake—flesh out the story, expand the characters, and let the mayhem breathe a little more. Hollywood loves remaking the wrong stuff (The Crow, Road House, do I need to continue?), but this is a title that could actually use a modern do-over. Killers isn’t for everyone. It’s a love-it-or-hate-it kind of movie, and if you’ve read my reviews before, you probably already know which side of that fence you’re on. If you're in the mood for something offbeat, bloody, and a little bit bonkers, this should scratch that itch. Just don’t expect it to make a whole lot of sense.

Killers Trivia

Killers was released on December 31, 1996.

Killers was directed by Mike Mendez.

Killers has a runtime of 87 min.

Killers was produced by Dave Larsen.

The key characters in Killers are Odessa James (Dave Larsen), Kyle James (David Gunn), Charles Ryan (Burke Morgan).

Killers is rated TV-MA.

Killers is an Action, Adventure, Thriller film.

Killers has an audience rating of 6.7 out of 10.

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