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Killer Joe

Killer Joe

6.5/ 10

TMDB Rating

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2012

Release Year

102 min

Runtime

Crime
Thriller
Drama

Overview

A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.

Keywords

trailer park
gun
psychopath
texas
deal
dark comedy
money
arson
sexual humiliation
lingerie
drugs
police detective
physical abuse
sadistic psychopath
neo-noir
burial
pizza shop
fried chicken

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Reviews(3)

7.0avg rating
Gimly

Gimly

@Ruuz

February 6, 2017

5
5/10

On the one hand, Killer Joe does get better as it progresses, but on the other, it's also the first Friedkin movie I haven't loved. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

John Chard

John Chard

February 7, 2019

9
9/10

William Friedkin serves up Trailer Trash Neo-Noir with a side order of Fried Chicken. Killer Joe is directed by William Friedkin and adapted to screenplay by Tracy Letts from his own play of the same name. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church and Gina Gers

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Nathan

Nathan

@TitanGusang

December 1, 2022

7
7/10

_Killer Joe_ had the making to be a genuinely great film, but the quality control in the writing room limits the results. So much of the story works for me on a thematic and plot progression basis. I enjoyed the premise and the stakes that this movie provides, but writer Tracy Letts wrote this li

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