film details
Killer Joe
1hr 42mins
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon
Directed by: William Friedkin
The plot: Expert assassin Killer Joe, who is also a law man, is hired by disgruntled son Chris to kill his mother Sharla in order to collect a hefty life insurance payout. When Chris fails to stump up the hit man's sizable fee, Joe demands the lad's emotionally unstable sister Dottie as a "retainer.
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what the others say
Time Out
"Friedkin's direction is rough and ready, but Letts's tangy writing is the star here."
Guardian
"William Freidkin's film is full-frontal in every sense, an unabashed pulp romp stuffed with ugly acts and primal screams."
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