Kiler-ów 2-óch

1999 Polish film

8 January 1999 (1999-01-08)

Running time

127 minutesCountryPolandLanguagesPolish
Spanish

Kilerów 2-óch (English: Two Hitmen) is a sequel to the 1997 film Kiler. The film premiered 8 January 1999 in Poland and, like the first film, achieved financial and critical success.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The time flies and Jurek Kiler has as a practical matter forgotten that he used to work as a taxi driver and was suspected of series of murders. He is now a public figure, and together with his girlfriend Ewa runs a foundation which successfully raises money from all over the world. This idyllic and charitable life is thwarted, however when the two real murderers who are serving time —Siara and Lipski— do everything they can to kidnap and assassinate by proxy. Initially they hire a world-famous Polish assassin code-name Jackal, then a Cuban who is allegedly Kiler's double. Both specatularly fail in numerous attempts carry out their "responsibilities". The situation becomes even more perplexing when Lipski obtains a pass for his daughter Dona's wedding, only to learn that she has fallen for Kiler whom she wants to marry instead...

Credited cast

Cezary Pazura as Jurek Kiler and José Arcadio Morales
Małgorzata Kożuchowska as Ewa Szańska
Janusz Rewiński as Siara (Siarzewski)
Jan Englert as Ferdynand Lipski
Jerzy Stuhr as Ryba
Katarzyna Figura as Rysia, Siara's Wife
Jolanta Fraszyńska as Lipski's daughter
Krzysztof Kiersznowski as Wąski
Zdzisław Ambroziak as sports commentator

Awards and nominations

In 2000, the movie was nominated for the ORZEŁ (Polish Academy Award) for the best achievement in sound editing (Marek Wronko) and the best achievement in editing (Jadwiga Zajicek).

Notes

Siara's (Janusz Rewiński) villa in the suburbs of Warsaw is exactly the same building as the residency of Edward Nowak (Janusz Rewiński) in the Polish serial “Tygrysy Europy”.
When the Young Wolves enter Kiler's flat the film on TV is “Szwadron”, which had been directed by Juliusz Machulski .
In the scene at the airport Juliusz Machulski is holding a plate with “Barry Sonnenfeld” written on it –the director who was in talks to make an American version of the first film.

Mistakes

One can spot a video camera operator in Aldona's glasses.
When Morales drives up outside Kiler's block of flats he parks his hummer next to a van, whereas when Kiler comes down the car is parked farther.