THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS opens with the disturbing image of a distressed man pointing a gun at his wife and her lover as they lay asleep. He doesn’t follow through with the act but the threat of violence permeates through writer-director Richard Machioan’s bleak, tension-filled indie thriller.
 
David, a family man struggling to come to terms with his failing marriage, is a ticking time bomb. There is a rage bubbling just beneath the surface of his fragile mental state that, heightened by the film's ambient soundscape and Clayne Crawford's engrossing naturalistic performance, makes for a nerve-wracking watch.

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