Boy Kills World
Seen it?2024 | 111 min | Crime, Thriller, Action
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office loss and middling reviews (59% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved Kill Bill: Vol. 2 or The Punisher: One Last Kill, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, gritty.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 51 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
59% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$3 million worldwide on a $18 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 191K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Moritz Mohr
- Bill SkarsgårdBoy
- Jessica RotheJune27
- H. Jon BenjaminVoice of Boy (voice)
- Michelle DockeryMelanie Van Der Koy
- Brett GelmanGideon Van Der Koy
- Sharlto CopleyGlen Van Der Koy
- Andrew KojiBasho
- Isaiah MustafaBenny
- Famke JanssenHilda Van Der Koy
- Quinn CopelandMina