dead end 2 a justified kill

MAKING DEAD END’S MEET: A Word With Actor, Producer And Filmmaker Bryan Larkin

It’s only a matter of weeks before fans attending this month’s 2-day induction of the Fighting Spirit Film Festival will be able to check out at actor, producer and maverick filmmaker Bryan Larkin’s latest gritty short duration entry, Dead End II: A Justified Kill. I had the privilege of seeing the first two installments in the last few years and I’ve enjoyed them both thusfar in my own excitement of wondering just what would become of this ambitious shortfilm series. For this, I can earnestly say that this was one of the most enjoyable Q&A’s I’ve done, as Larkin’s story is one of tested mettle, faith and tenacity – having pounded the pavement and strived for the very platform he has to maintain his growth. He’s proven himself to be a leader as much as he is an artist in multiple facets. He talks the walk and walks the talk, […]

Review: DEAD END II: A JUSTIFIED KILL Is A Sequel, Justified

Lee B. Golden III

Last year’s festivities with hitman thriller short, Dead End, saw some genuine praise and celebration for film duo Carter Ferguson and actor Bryan Larkin. The two have since sought to continue their endeavors for the action-packed vehicle as par for the course toward a short film trilogy with Dead End II: A Justified Kill, now wrapped and waiting proper audience reception. The Contractor and Young Gun are back in action in this rousing second chapter, played respectively by Larkin and actor Julian Gaertner from the first installment. The two are on yet another mission to further their discriminate craft of making people disappear, targeting seedy, dirty underworld types… or as the Contractor himself narrates – those “who deserve to die”. Treading Hong Kong’s subterranean human trafficking circuit, they infiltrate a vast apartment complex to reach their next target, Cheung (Sam Gor), a gangster extorting residents under threat of selling them […]