The problem is that the movie sidelines her in ways I won’t spoil, and we’re stuck with Gubler and Boe, particularly grating as they get into a potential love subplot. McCord makes smarter decisions here than most other actresses would. She’s not so much a sociopath as someone who has simply stopped caring about the alleged order of a world that has given her nothing so now she takes. She’ll take what she thinks she deserves however she can possibly can, whether it’s sleeping someone like Chip or cutting someone’s throat who crosses her. McCord is easily the best thing about “68 Kill,” finding the balance between a traditional femme fatale and something more akin to “ American Psycho.” She captures a woman who knows how to use her beauty to her advantage, but is sick and tired of having to do so. And it’s as if Chip is seeing the danger and moral depravity of the world for the first time. However, Liza has no qualms about doing what needs to be done with the pretty girl-she’s going to sell her to her brother, a man who tortures women for sexual pleasure. Things go very wrong for Chip and Liza, and they’re soon on the run with a witness named Violet ( Alisha Boe) in the trunk. When she discovers that said landlord has $68,000 in a safe, she convinces Chip to help her steal it. He literally shovels shit for a living as a sewer worker, and his girlfriend Liza ( AnnaLynne McCord) was a former stripper and hooker who’s tired of having to bang her landlord when she can’t pay rent. Matthew Gray Gubler is effective as Chip, the kind of naïve, All-American kid who too easily trusts people and rarely considers the outcome of his actions.
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