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Killer Joe
When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance. He then hires a cop who moonlights as a hit man who is willing to kill his mother for a tumble with his virginal sister.
1962
21 July 1989, London, England, UK
22 February 1967, Princeton, West Virginia, USA
10 June 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 March 1985, Palms, California, USA
13 October 1957, Millinocket, Maine, USA
17 June 1960, Yolo, California, USA
May 12, 2015
I'll never look at fried chicken the same way again.June 02, 2014
The tone in Killer Joe feels so expertly and delicately crafted that we only laugh at the film's absurd scenarios if and when the filmmaker permits it so.August 23, 2012
You will either love "Killer Joe" or run away screaming. I absorbed this NC-17 nail bomb with awestruck admiration.July 17, 2013
This Southern-fried, darkly humorous trailer-trash exploitation crime noir revels in the greedy characters' idiocy and the deranged story's psychosexual luridness.August 23, 2012
You end up feeling sorry for all the actors forced to humiliate themselves, except for McConaughey, whose portrayal of sadistic, manipulative evil is mesmerizing.August 24, 2012
Watching "Killer Joe" to the bitter end is like playing the Pick 6 lottery and getting three of the numbers right. You don't win anything, but you still think you're smarter than all those other idiots.August 16, 2012
The movie frequently clicks as a sendup of over-the-top film-noir storytelling.August 23, 2012
[Friedkin] has retained his touch ... all these years later. And in Matthew McConaughey, he has the perfect vehicle for madness.August 11, 2014
Killer Joe is trash. Not bad trash. Not pretentious trash. Just plain old ugly, funny, and sophisticated trash.June 30, 2013
An intriguing (and sometimes off-putting) cinematic creation featuring Matthew McConaughey in one of his best performances.August 31, 2012
If you like your movies filled with twisted humor, sexual perversion, psychological intimidation and sudden violence, "Killer Joe" is the flick for you.November 25, 2013
Violent, coarse, perverted, and sickly hilarious, this is highly recommend for those who like their entertainment on the nasty, demented tip.