Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- frantic
- irreverent
- visceral
- action movie night
- late night viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film's committed lead performance and energetic action entertaining, while judging its excessive plot and uneven storytelling muddled.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film centers on elaborate, violently choreographed fights and explosive action designed as a fever-dream spectacle.
Boy pursues the Van Der Koy family after they murder his family and govern through televised executions.
Boy has a vibrant imagination that the shaman trains him to suppress while turning him into an instrument of death.
The ruling family rounds up enemies and kills them on live television within a dystopian society.
Films like Boy Kills World, and why
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
shares hyper-stylized martial arts action, revenge-driven momentum, graphic violence, and irreverent genre humor
Dredd
shares dystopian world-building, exaggerated violence, comic-book spectacle, and a lone fighter confronting authoritarian power
The Raid 2
shares fast, inventive close-quarters combat, darkly comic excess, and a protagonist shaped into a lethal weapon
Movie Details
- Director
- Moritz Mohr
- Release Date
- 2024-04-24
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (890)
Cast
- Bill Skarsgård
- Jessica Rothe
- H. Jon Benjamin
- Michelle Dockery
- Brett Gelman
- Sharlto Copley
- Andrew Koji
- Isaiah Mustafa
- Famke Janssen
- Quinn Copeland
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Boy Kills World about?
- A deaf avenger trained by a shaman wages a flamboyant one-person war against the dystopian dynasty that destroyed his family.
- What is Boy Kills World like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Boy Kills World as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Boy Kills World violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Boy Kills World as graphic.
- What did critics think of Boy Kills World?
- Critics broadly found the film's committed lead performance and energetic action entertaining, while judging its excessive plot and uneven storytelling muddled.
- Which films are like Boy Kills World?
- Films with a similar feel include Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Dredd, and The Raid 2.
- How long is Boy Kills World?
- Boy Kills World runs 111 minutes.
- Where can I watch Boy Kills World?
- In United States, Boy Kills World streams on fuboTV, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
