Zoe Kravitz please fire your agent

I wish I'd seen this when I was 12, because it's gonna be some kid's FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR, or THE WIZARD with a stripper and a lot of murder, whatever. 12 -year-old Matt probably wouldn't have had my pretty major qualms with the climax either.

A complete mess but at least it's entertaining and certainly tries to do something different. "Kin" works far better as a family drama than any of the other genres it tries to balance. I really liked all the performances and really bought the chemistry between Reynor and Truitt. But the crime elements and especially the Sci-Fi elements don't work nearly as well as they should which leads to a climax that annoyed me more than I thought it would. This is a fine and watchable movie that could've been something much better if they had found a proper balance between tones.

If you were to ask me what my biggest cinematic surprise this year would be, I would emphatically proclaim KIN to the be the answer. Based on the trailer, this looked like a run of the mill dysfunctional family drama with a sexy alien gun thrown in for good measure. That trailer is misleading. Context people.

KIN has some nice character beats throughout and doesn't really focus on "the gun". By the time the alien weapon is fired, we care about what is going on and how we got to that point because we are invested in the brothers and want them to live.

It's got its issues, but the family dynamic and the out of left field surprise at the end more than make KIN worth your time.

An uneven mix of genres. "Kin" works best when it focuses on its central character and is at it's worst when it has anything to do with the science fiction aspect due to how underutilized it is until the final act. Reynor is a talent to watch out for and the rest of the cast do pretty good too especially Franco but this movie just was so confused on what it wanted to be and didn't balance its tones well at all.

What the hell was that?

"Sixty grand and a space gun, who the hell are you guys?"

Well now this was a little better than I anticipated.

Not quite a sci-fi, not quite a crime thriller, not quite a family drama. Something in the middle of all those.

Featuring what I believe to be the film debut of young Myles Truitt (he's not bad), James Franco as a weird ass cop-killing villain, a cool soundtrack from Mogwai, and some innovative special effects I hadn't seen before... Kin might be worth your time if you're up for something a little different.

At times, it's slow. And no, there's never really a great script or captivating story. It's fine.

But stay tuned for a bonkers ending, with a cameo of sorts that I really hope no one spoils for you. I kinda liked this.

Jonathan and Josh Baker's "Kin" unspools too much like the first chapter of some YA science fiction novel to make much of an impact. The story of a young man tangled up in an adventure of his delinquent brother's making with shades of genre color, however, does offer solid entertainment. The affair is swift, adequately assembled, and compelling enough. The work may not be fully formed, but it does provide a capable start.

Between this and Sing Street Jack Reynor really is delivering us some peak big brother realness!!

And honestly, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t go to sleep crying over the fact that my older brother never taught me how to do donuts in a motel parking lot or order me unlimited pop at a strip club.

I don’t know if I just rate everything really high when I see it in theaters (other than mamma Mia 2) but THIS was worthy of a 4.5 star rating and screw all the people that are giving this bad ratings. This is one of the best movies of the year by far. And that lil twist/cameo/reveal thing in the end... I want to write a full review but I’m tired and school starts tomorrow so see ya

more zoë needed

all i remember is that it was bad

Clunky, clumsy, contrived, and horribly paced, Kin is an ineptly made piece of media. The mix of genres and styles serves only to distract and conflict with each other, rather than further the story. The CGI is okay, but everything about this movie feels cheap, which is a shame, as it is set in Detroit, which I find to be a very interesting location. The story itself is so heavy-handed and unbelievably stupid that I nearly turned this off at the 30 minute mark. This movie runs at about an hour and forty minutes, and it is an hour and forty minutes I will never get back. The finale of this movie is so mind-bogglingly idiotic that I nearly put a foot through my television screen. The one good thing about this movie is the performance from Myles Truitt. I hope he finds better work in his career than Kin.

"Coming to a place like this has never made anyone a man."

A fantastic short film idea that just didn't work at feature length. I wish it was more grounded and there wasn't that exposition dump at the end. Would have liked to see what happened if there was a second.

boring. 
He finds a weapon at the beginning of the film, the rest has nothing to do with this same object, we find the plot only at the end, boring, too long. I don't recommend it. I wasted my time

Not the first movie about somebody stumbling across an alien weapon, but it might be the most dour. Half of this movie looks like an episode of Sons of Anarchy or another comparably gritty crime drama. The other half is an indie character study. A minuscule amount is particularly concerned with sci-fi. Still, it’s a well made film with good performances (Including a pretty gonzo James Franco). It’s just a tonal hodgepodge that seems far removed from the franchise builder it wants to be. Too tame for it’s edgier potential. To grim for it’s fantastical elements. At least we get Zoe Kravitz as a stripper..A PG-13 stripper, but beggars can’t be choosers. The short this film was based on, “Bag Boy”, was more compelling to me.

Cumple como road movie de adolescente en problemas, pero falla en lo que (parece) que promete, cienciaficcion.
Quizás no tenían mucho presupuesto.
Eso si, lo poco que sale con el arma y los "visitantes", muy bueno.

La tenía pendiente pero me ha dejado algo fría. Se han centrado demasiado en una trama que no me interesaba en absoluto para darme 3 minutos al final de lo que de verdad quería saber. Dudo que haya secuela con la mala recaudación que tuvo. Una pena porque tiene un cast muy bueno.

What was that

Cool special effects every once in a while. 
But not nearly enough of it to justify this movie.

Also the white brother in this movie is an awful actor. Every scene he’s in I found myself struggling to take the situation seriously because he is so distracting.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.