Bill Skarsgard Takes Revenge In Boy Kills World On Digital
Boy Kills World takes some truly frenetic action and bombastic visuals home on Digital and On Demand on May 28th. The movie stars Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Yayan Ruhian, with Andrew Koji, Sharlto Copley and Famke Janssen.
Skarsgård stars as “Boy” who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Janssen), 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 (Ruhian) 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.
Boy Kills World was directed by Moritz Mohr and written by Tyler Burton Smith and Arend Remmers.
Boy Kills World Is Worth A Watch At Home
Here’s what we had to say about Boy Kills World in our review.
So, what ends up with Boy Kills World? Well, the movie still kicks a tremendous amount of ass. There are other things that don’t work as well. The music completely takes you out of the action. I get it, Boy isn’t as well adjusted and might have the mind of a teenager in the body of a man, but the weirdly child-like sounding soundtrack doesn’t fit the action at all. In it’s most heart-pumping moments, when the soundtrack should swell, it goes out with a whimper musically.
The other sort of nitpicky thing is that any sort of body damage that the characters take doesn’t really translate on screen. Someone gets stabbed and the object gets dragged down their leg, making for a gruesome visual, but in the next shot, there’s no blood, no real wound. It makes the more brutal moments in the film feel lesser.
Even with those quibbles, Boy Kills World is incredibly stylish. It’s one of the most visually striking films of the year, so far. The action is hard-hitting, and while the heroes might not look like they’re taking damage, the goons definitely do. Whether that’s a cheese-grater to the face, broken limbs, or getting stabbed with a snowman’s carrot nose.
The film is very much worth watching for action fans who want to see an all-in, brawl-out, slobberknocker of a movie.
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