RATING: B

Uncork’d Entertainment presents an EMRJ Entertainment production. Directed by Michael Hoad. Produced by Becca Hirani. Written by Anya Vallentin and Michael Hoad. Cinematography by Raffaele Nocerino. Edited by Chris Eyre and Michael Hoad.

Stars Holly Prentice, Giedre Jackyte, Ross Townsend-Green, Michael Hoad, Paul Marlon, Tamiara Hesson, and Olivia Jannesson. 

Twin sisters on an assignment learn the horrifying truth about their mission, and each other, in this action packed drama from director Michael Hoad. 

Lina and Kia are not your ordinary twin sisters. They are members of an elite company run by Everett and are two of their best assassins. While Lina has become a single parent to a boy, Ethan, Kia on the other hand had left only to return. After a successful mission, the two are given a new assignment where they learn they have to follow some new protocols including giving up their phones and in the case of Lina, she uses a walkie talkie to keep in contact with Ethan. 

When the ladies head into a secluded house, they soon find themselves going from finding the targets to being the targets. Victor and Darius, two of Everett’s associates, are the ones responsible are they feel their boss’s old ways are outdated. They intend to use the twins as bait and force conflict not just with the hired guns, but each other as well as they have some internal conflicts they must overcome if they are to survive this night. 

The 1990s were groundbreaking in the use of one actor playing identical twins in an action environment. Jean-Claude Van Damme did it in Double Impact and Jackie Chan did it in Twin Dragons. The big difference between those two and this film aside from their budgets were that the twins were separated in the films’ openings to reunite later. What Michael Hoad does here is make this film pay homage to that but have the twins already reunited after a separation of a decade. 

The reason why this film pays homage to the previous films are that one actress plays the twin sisters. Holly Prentice takes up the roles of the twins, but what’s interesting is that Hoad gives second credit to Prentice’s body double, Giedre Jackyte. Prentice is quite convincing as the twins who couldn’t be more opposite. Lina is a single mother who cares about her son and Kia is more of a free spirit who can be reckless now and again. 

Hoad himself not only co-wrote and directed, but plays one of the film’s antagonists in Victor with Ross Townsend-Green as the primary antagonist, Darius, who is a bit unhinged and yet, has grown tired of their boss’ old school ways. Using the twins as bait, they will do whatever it takes to make sure they take over the company, even forcing the girls to confront each other as a means to ensure they get what they want.

Hoad also serves as the film’s fight choreographer and Prentice and Jackyte showcase some pretty nifty kickboxing skills in their arsenals when they are not using firepower. One highlight has Lina take on three thugs at once using her martial arts skills. There is a nice little twist in the final act that seems predictable but still makes you want the best to happen to these two.

Double Kill is a pretty good film that adds more dramatic flair between the two central characters while the sporadic action is quite nicely done for its budget..