Boy Kills World

critic Reviews

, 59% Rotten Tomatometer Score
  • Bolstered by Bill Skarsgård's all-in performance, Boy Kills World may offer just enough action thrills to offset its thinly written characters and predictable plot.
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    Tasha RobinsonPolygon
    Silly and surfacey, with world-building that’s little more than an apathetic shrug, and a plot that’s largely an excuse for creatively staged fights that range from dopey humor to surreal mind game to a final, surprisingly serious battle.
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    Sergio Burstein Los Angeles Times
    Despite the enthusiasm it generates, “Boys Kills World” is – now – pure style over substance. [Full review in Spanish]
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    Jake WilsonThe Age (Australia)
    Have I grown jaded? Maybe so. But it could be, too, that Boy Kills World suffers from the wrong kind of excess, not just in its approach to action but in the design of the plot, which piles one gimmick on top of another.
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    Sara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
    While I liked a few of the goofier idiosyncratic touches...there weren’t enough of them to keep me fully engaged.
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    Mark KermodeKermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
    It's brash. Violent. Fun.
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    Richard RoeperChicago Sun-Times
    The ultraviolent Boy Kills World hits you over the head with gimmicks.
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    John SerbaDecider
    Boy Kills World kills brain cells.
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    Nadya MartinezGothamGeekGirl (YouTube)
    Unhinged, stylish and utterly gory with impressive and exciting fight styles. There are a lot of unexplained or glanced over plot-holes, you kind of need to turn your brain off for this one and just enjoy the ass-kicking and ridiculous foolery.
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    Jack MartinFilm Feeder
    Boy Kills World is an utterly demented and excessively violent revenge thriller with enough moments of dark humour and creative action to overcome its slightly underdeveloped narrative.
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    Pete Vonder HaarHouston Press
    Boy comes nowhere close to "killing the world." The body count *maybe* approaches John Wick 2 numbers, but hardly an entire planet's worth.
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