The Killing Jar -- Film Review
9:07 PM PDT 10/14/2010 by Michael Rechtshaffen,
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Taking place entirely in a rural, roadside diner over the course of one fated evening, "The Killing Jar" is a cliched, talky variation on the 1936 Bogie classic "The Petrified Forest," with scant dramatic tension but gallons of spilled blood on the menu.
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