Eric Cunningham reviewed this week’s comedy show ‘Hit Job.’ Audible members who are part of Amazon can access this podcast for free.
The show narrates the story of Brynn Morris, an aspiring artist desperate to earn money for her grandmother’s lifesaving surgery. Brynn accepts a job as an administrator at Kill Co, a company with the motto “Do Bad Things for Good Reasons.” Initially, she feels appalled by the company’s objective: killing people.
Kill Co
To boost company morale, Kill Co. creates a competition to see who can kill the most people in the shortest period. The Managing Director constantly changes the rules to suit their preferences. Significantly, the rule change dictates that the person at the bottom of the leaderboard becomes a target. Moreover, strict rules govern who can kill. All kills are displayed on the company app, Tinder. Swiping left means passing while swiping the other way accepts the contract. Eventually, our heroine involved herself in the competition.
Brynn teams up with Geo, the tech nerd, whose father started the company. The subsequent episodes take us on each of their kills and the mishaps they experience.
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
The series has undertones of Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. To fully enjoy this series, it helps to be familiar with “cult” movies. There are subtle references sprinkled throughout, like one employee of Kill Co wearing a mask and hosting dinner parties (a nod to Silence of the Lambs). Film references come thick and fast.
The series has 12 episodes, which are two episodes too long. The pace was excellent, and the comedy timings of the voice artists were superb. Millennials had diverse attitudes, including being obsessed with social media and being extremely dedicated to work.
Its wacky view of life and death is interesting. Anyone in business is a target, especially if money is a driving force. Environmental issues and morality were discussed, as well as who should be added to the ‘hit list’.
I am not sure I like the concept of glamorising killing but there are laughs out loud moments, some sophisticated dialogue that moves the story from one subject to the next. I wouldn’t recommend this to my father. However, my nephew would love it. A new cult audio production has just been created.