Just two weeks to kill

• Published date: 08 November 2021
• Publication title: Whanganui Chronicle

Two Weeks To Live

TVNZ OnDemand

If you found out the world was going to end in two weeks, what would you do? For Kim in new faux-apocalyptic comedy-action thriller Two Weeks To Live, the answer is simple: go out and avenge the death of her father. Imagine if Kill Bill had been written and directed by Edgar Wright, and you’re probably pretty close to imagining what happens next.

The other main thing you need to know about Kim (Maisie Williams, Game of Thrones’ Arya Stark) is that she’s been brought up off the grid in the Scottish Highlands by her hardcore survivalist mum (Fleabag’s sister Sian Clifford) ever since witnessing her father’s murder at the hands of a bracelet-wearing man when she was young. Now grown up, she’s decided it’s time to go out and do some of the things on her list of ‘Things to do in the Real World’ (like #44: try karaoke).

So she loads up the 4WD and heads for the south coast to have her first pub experience at the site of her parents’ first date. That’s where she meets immature, banter-loving brothers Nicky and Jay (Mawaan Rizwan and Taheen Modak), who, long story short, trick her into thinking the world is going to end in a fortnight with a fake news chyron that reads, ‘Massive nuclear explosion fallout gonna kill everyone’.

Media literacy may not be one of Kim’s strong points but, on the other hand, she’s useful with a gun. And so this fake news revelation sets off an extremely chaotic series of events, which, once you get caught up in it, makes for a very fun and easy-to-watch six episodes. Worth checking out if you enjoyed the graphic novel-style of shows like Killing Eve or The End of the F***ing World.

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