Boy Kills World (R)

Quicklook Rating★★★
Loading the player...

synopsis

Bill Skarsgård stars as "Boy" who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy, the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and voiceless. Driven by his inner voice, one which he co-opted from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of dissidents. Bedlam ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of carnage and blood-letting. As he tries to get his bearings in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.

MovieGoer Review

Bonkers. That's one way to describe the stylistic, chaotic splurge of blood, gore, and action that characterizes Mortiz Mohr's feature debut, Boy Kills World. A comedy that leans heavily into the grand guignol before imbibing deeply from a ... MORE

To get the full Quicklook Films experience, uncheck "Enable on this Site" from Adblock Plus

synopsis

Bill Skarsgård stars as "Boy" who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy, the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and voiceless. Driven by his inner voice, one which he co-opted from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of dissidents. Bedlam ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of carnage and blood-letting. As he tries to get his bearings in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.

MovieGoer Review

Bonkers. That's one way to describe the stylistic, chaotic splurge of blood, gore, and action that characterizes Mortiz Mohr's feature debut, Boy Kills World. A comedy that leans heavily into the grand guignol before imbibing deeply from a ... MORE