Boy is a mayhem machine who's been training to assassinate the bloodthirsty Hilda Van Der Koy and avenge his family's murder; guided by his sister's mischievous spirit, Boy uncovers one stunning revelation after another as he barrels toward Hilda.
Boy Kills World is directed by Moritz Mohr which is his directorial debut.
It really pains me to say that Boy Kills World did not work for me, it's by far one of the most disappointing films so far this year and is completely dismantled due to one glaring issue…the internal monologue.
The use of internal monologue isn't necessarily bad (far from it) what is bad is that Bill Skarsgård's character simply known as "The Boy" only speaks through it and after awhile it becomes incredibly obnoxious. H. Jon Benjamin is a great voice actor don't get me wrong (I like a lot of his voice work) but he doesn't really add anything funny with his delivery, it's incredibly lacking and doesn't have the punch he usually delivers.
The movie does have its positives such as the gore combined with the kills that do bring this excitement factor into the mix. The performances are overall pretty solid Bill Skarsgård, Isaiah Mustafa and Jessica Rothe are quite great, the rest of the cast are pretty solid as well. The characters themselves were interesting enough to follow plus the Scott Pilgrimesc style of action was pretty charming as well.
The other problems come in during the last half of the movie where there's a ton of plot twists and the movie tries to go for this grand finale when it quite honestly did not need to, the action also sort of fell apart at the end. It was a lot more sloppy when you compare to what came before it. Gideon Van Der Koy (played by Brett Gelman) as a villain is really not as entertaining as the movie tries to make him out to be. There's a couple lines he delivers that are somewhat humorous but a lot of his performance is about as basic as you can get when it comes to villains trying to be comedic.
Overall Boy Kills World definitely had a lot of potential but was held back due to so many issues that stick out like a sore thumb.
Boy Kills World is available on all VOD platforms.
4/10 D+
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