Killer Joe

Murder never tasted so good.

When a young man finds himself in debt to a drug lord, he hires a hit man to knock off his mother, hoping to collect on her life insurance. The cop he hires to do the job wants payment up front, which is not going to happen. Instead, they agree on using his younger, virgin sister as collateral until payment can be made. The contract killer and his hostage develop an unusual bond, which ultimately leads to complications. Note that this film was re-cut in the USA to move from NC-17 to R, and features (if that is the correct word) numerous violent and sexual scenes.

100 minutes.
No persons under 18 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence).
Crime, Thriller.

Of course I wear gloves ... you don't expect me to get my hands dirty, do you?

Credits

Cast	Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon, Marc Macaulay
Director	William Friedkin
Screenplay	Tracy Letts, from his play
Music	Tyler Bates
Cinematography	Caleb Deschanel
Editing	Darrin Navarro
Sound formats	Dolby
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2011
Produced by	Voltage Pictures, Picture Perfect, Worldview Entertainment, ANA Media

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Thriller
Language	Strong, frequent, demeaning
Nudity	Frequent, includes sexual nudity, full frontal nudity showing breasts and pubic area
Sex	Strongly suggested, sexual manipulation, thrusting, combined with full frontal nudity
Violence	Strong, graphic, brutal and gory. Includes sexual humiliation, bloody, prolonged
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Isolated, joint smoking
Comments	A wholly disturbing and distasteful film. The theme and tone is mature and psychologically challenging.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Rozanne Els Donker, kru, dikwels grusame komedie.	10
Cape Times Neil Young Funnybone killer.	15
Box Office Sara Maria Vizcarrondo For extreme tastes, I think the greater pleasure is watching these names rise from their undeserved ashes, but most people will come to Killer Joe for the comic violence, fearless white trash lambasting and legendary hijinks involving a fried chicken drumstick.	5
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert As a film, it's something else. The audience laughed at the right places, applauded at the end and walked out talking about how disgusting it was.	15
Rolling Stone Peter Travers That intensity, violent and sexual, may have prudes bolting for the exits as Joe mixes it up with trailer trash.	15
Metacritic.com 38 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 154 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Violent, darkly comic, and full of strong performances, Killer Joe proves William Friedkin hasn't lost his touch, even if the plot may be too lurid for som	15
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	14
What the People say
Internet 31873 Netizens Mike and Joe ... lock up your daughters!	14
Average .. 65%	13