Uwantme2killhim?

uwantme2killhim?
Official film poster
Directed byAndrew Douglas
Written byMike Walden
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTim Wooster
Edited byMichael Elliot
Music byJon Hopkins
Production
companies
Distributed byEntertainment One[2]
Release date
  • 25 June 2013 (2013-06-25) (EIFF)
[1]
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

uwantme2killhim? (also known as U Want Me 2 Kill Him? and stylised as Uwantme2killhim?) is a 2013 British thriller film directed by Andrew Douglas.[3][4] The film stars Jamie Blackley and Toby Regbo and premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, where the two actors won the Best Performance in a British Feature Film award.[5] The film is loosely based on a true story and follows two teenage schoolboys who are drawn into a complicated world of online chatrooms, eventually leading to bizarre consequences.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b HARKNESS, ALISTAIR. "Bryan Singer on the film 'Uwantme2killhim?'". Scotsman. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Film #44274: uwantme2killhim?". Lumiere. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ Kemp, Stuart (12 May 2011). "Jack O'Connell and Olly Alexander to Star in 'uwantme2killhim' (Cannes)". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  4. ^ Hunter, Craig. "First Trailer & Poster For 'Uwantme2killhim?'". The Hollywood News. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  5. ^ Pulver, Andrew (28 June 2013). "Edinburgh gives top award to experimental documentary Leviathan". London: Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  6. ^ Carter, Helen (29 May 2004). "Bizarre tale of boy who used internet to plot his own murder". London: Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2013.