Kill Me, Please

Kill Me, Please is a teenage slasher film set in the West Side of Rio De Janerio.    It was released in Brazil in 2015, and had a release in 2017 in the States.  It made it's way to the Parkway Theater in Baltimore, in 2018.  Kill Me, Please, or Mat-me por Favor is a different kind of movie, but I have been a bit underwhelmed by the Brazilian movies I have seen recently, as the grouping I have seen seems to lack a direct story line approach.  The movies tend to have a general theme, and groupings of scenes that support that theme without much plot driven concepts.  This movie seemed of the same concept, and left a lot to be desired.  It was a sex comedy thriller.  Unfortunately, the movie was two thirds of scenes of teens making out, which got overly tiresome.  I realize that most teenagers tend to be make out kings and queens, the quantity of making out scenes seemed pretty excessive. 

The movie, set in Barra de Tijuana in the richer outer parts of Rio De Janerio, a city that is home to a gaggle of usually bored youths full of hormones and living a sheltered life until a serial killer turns up in the neighborhood.  Young Bia, becomes fascinated by the killings, more so, when she and her clique of mean girls, find one of the girls in a bush, just prior to her life runs out.  Bia, is also equally obsessed with her friends, sex, and her cute boyfriend, Paulo.  The two frequently hook up in a variety of settings, however, Paulo is trying to redirect her attentions to the more religious groups at school. 

The movie has a solid soundtrack, and decent thriller scenes when they get beyond the takeout scenes, however, the minimal scenes of the thrillers didn't hold my interest, or build enough suspense.  While, the movie eventually draws on ideas on how Bia's brother is connected, it ended without really answering any possible questions.  While I realize most good movies creates more questions that it answers, this movie doesn't answer any.  It just seems to try to mix drama thriller and horror with comedy.  With other Brazilian movies I've seen this year, the writer and director, Anita Rocha da Silveria has created a movie similar to other Brazilian movies I've seen this year.  She also, mentioned that she drew inspiration on David Lynch, Dario Argento, Brian De Palma, and Claire Dennis.  This is evident in some scenes, but overall I wish I had taken a by on this film.