Boy Kills World
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: April 26, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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11
Mixed:
10
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
85
Film ThreatAlan NgSep 10, 2023
Boy Kills World is a two-hour roller coaster. You’ll leave exhausted and beaten, and yet feeling like maybe you too can defeat the fascist dictators in your life. Read full review
83
Original-CinThom ErnstApr 26, 2024
Mohr appears to be in control even when the film takes wild swipes from the absurd to the dramatic. Still, Boy Kills World works. Read full review
83
The PlaylistAnkit JhunjhunwalaSep 10, 2023
For all its simplicity, Boy Kills World does pull off a pretty neat narrative switcheroo late in the game that completely turns the film over its head and significantly alters the stakes. Think of it as a secret level unlocked after you think you’ve reached the end of the game. Read full review
80
The Daily BeastNick SchagerSep 10, 2023
A high-octane action extravaganza sure to satiate genre fans’ delirious bloodlust. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliApr 29, 2024
It’s not a complete package but it’s fresher than much of what’s out there today and is difficult to dismiss even if it sometimes feels like a graphic novel married to a video game. Read full review
70
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Radheyan SimonpillaiApr 30, 2024
it’s a cheeky post-Deadpool comedy – irreverent to a fault – with grindhouse aesthetics that tend to feel inspired by Quentin Tarantino rather than the movies that inspired Quentin Tarantino. Read full review
70
Screen RantNadir SamaraApr 26, 2024
Skarsgård and Benjamin make for an odd pair that work well together at every turn. The vision of Mohr is clear and realized, and the resulting work of art will excite audiences around the world. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithApr 26, 2024
Boy Kills World should have stuck to gonzo comedy and been 15 minutes shorter. But Mr. Mohr exhibits the kind of flair for comic action that makes him an obvious choice to direct a big-budget Hollywood superhero epic. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 22, 2024
It’s nobody’s masterpiece, but it is an exceptionally promising start for Mohr, making his feature debut as a director. Read full review
65
PolygonTasha RobinsonApr 26, 2024
It’s a curiously specific movie, a gag aimed at fans of joyously culty, messy nonsense like Guns Akimbo or Crank — at least, until that final fight suddenly starts taking the narrative seriously. Even then, though, it’s best to watch Boy Kills World with the same snarky detachment the rest of its run time encourages. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesChase HutchinsonMay 22, 2024
Benjamin provides just the right balance of sincerity and snark to hold this dark action-comedy together. When combined with bloody good action choreography, the film mostly knocks any flaws aside. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneDavid FearApr 23, 2024
The movie starts off as yet another Kill Bill, et al. clone. Thanks to its star, it at least goes out as something closer to Kill, Bill, Kill! Read full review
50
IGNKatie RifeMay 1, 2024
Overstuffed and wearisome, pulpy action comedy Boy Kills World proves that there can be too much of a good thing. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubLauren J. CoatesApr 26, 2024
While the dialogue, world-building, and characters may be lackluster, there’s one thing that Boy Kills World can always be relied upon to deliver, and that’s violence. Read full review
50
Washington PostTy BurrApr 26, 2024
Boy Kills World, a cheeky and extremely bloody action extravaganza, keeps an audience so off-balance for so long that you may throw in the towel well before the final bad guy falls. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 25, 2024
There’s no denying the “John Wick”-type artistry involved in some of the action sequences, but the screenplay invokes far too many gimmicks and eventually takes some wild Act III turns that feel manipulative and borderline ridiculous. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichApr 25, 2024
In spite of its demented enthusiasm (as well as this independently financed, Sam Raimi-produced film’s welcome rejection of anything that might resemble a studio note), Mohr’s frenetic and exhausting video game of a movie doesn’t know where to focus its energy. Read full review
50
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiApr 24, 2024
A hodgepodge of exuberant stylistic flourishes and pop culture references, and while it’s often briefly entertaining, it’s never consistently anything except manic. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 24, 2024
There are clever ideas and casting flourishes at the heart of “Boy Kills World.” But in execution, one keeps coming back to the phrase “Less is more,” even in a hyper-violent action comedy where the excess is kind of the point. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 26, 2024
Apart from mistaking energy for exhilaration, the movie is a mostly flavorless puree of dark humor, comic-book sentimentality and ultra-bloody combat. But it’s the relentless and banal video-game aesthetic that may get you involuntarily reaching for a controller in hopes of finding a pause button. Read full review
40
EmpireSophie ButcherApr 25, 2024
Despite some fun action excess and an impressively committed performance from Bill Skarsgård, Boy Kills World is a muddled, tiring mess, favouring violent shocks over cohesive storytelling. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineJustin ClarkApr 21, 2024
If you’re looking for flash and snark, Boy Kills World has them in spades, but it’s too punch-drunk on its own juvenile grandiosity to bother offering even a whiff of substance. Read full review
33
ColliderNate RichardSep 12, 2023
Boy Kills World comes across as obnoxious, and the viewer already feels exhausted within the first 15 minutes of the film. It's as if the creative team wanted to make a cult movie but completely forgot cult movies have to be fun. Read full review
30
The New York TimesManohla DargisApr 25, 2024
The only point of this ridiculousness is to watch Skarsgard flex his sculpted arms and take a great deal of brutal punishment so that he can dole out more. Rinse, repeat. Read full review
25
Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerApr 29, 2024
Overlong and overstimulating, the entire film is like a giant, immersive eyesore. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsApr 26, 2024
The makers of “Boy Kills World” don’t trust their audience enough to let us just feel a feeling, nor do they encourage their enthusiastic cast members enough to deliver fully-developed performances. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleApr 24, 2024
There’s no apparent human feeling on display here, just scene after scene of protracted martial arts combat that goes on and on, while providing no rooting interest. Read full review
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