Boy Kills World looks like a violently zany film, something that—if the trailer is any indication—will either be utterly terrible or a masterpiece of cinema. The movie takes place in a dystopian future, where Bill Skarsgård’s character trains to become a killing machine seeking vengeance.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Skarsgård stars as “Boy” who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and voiceless. Driven by his inner voice (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin, a.k.a Bob from Bob’s Burgers, a.k.a. Archer from Archer), one which he co-opted from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman (Yayan Ruhian) to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of dissidents. Bedlam ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of carnage and blood-letting. As he tries to get his bearings in this delirious realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while bickering with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.
The movie has some big-name producers behind it, including Sam Raimi, Roy Lee, Simon Swart, Alex Lebovici, Stuart Manashil, Wayne Fitzjohn, Zainab Azizi, and Dan Kagan. That’s one tick in the “this might be good” column. The cast is another, which, in addition to Skarsgård, Janssen, and Ruhian, includes Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Isaiah Mustafa, Andrew Koji, and Sharlto Copley.
Boy Kills World is also the feature debut of director Moritz Mohr, with a script written by Tyler Burton Smith and Arend Remmers. Will this film be good? It’s good enough that Roadside Attractions is releasing it only in theaters on April 26, 2024. We’ll have to watch it then and decide for ourselves.
Check out the trailer below.
