Boy Kills World- A Bloody Good Time
Bill Skarsgard situated himself with three movies in 2024. One of them isn’t good. This is not that one. This is, thankfully, a bloody good time at the movies. The plot is fairly simple, following a lot of the same revenge laden films we’ve gotten since John Wick made everyone realize the importance of their pets, which now has taken on an almost comedic tone. Nobody, starring Bob Odenkirk, certainly started to lean the genre in that direction, but Boy Kills World goes full on graphic violence, while maintaining a very obvious tone that will make even the bloodiest of deaths seem funny.
Part of that is the brilliant decision to cast H. Jon Benjamin as the inner voice for our lead, as Benjamin is an accomplished deadpan voice actor known for Bob’s Burgers and Archer. He gives voice to the deaf and mute “boy””, often providing hilarious context for brutality.
While this is currently on Hulu, it lacks audio description, so you’ll have to go the VOD route. I absolutely recommend it as the movie is very dominated by action and gore, and while Benjamin’s voice over is uniquely entertaining, it is not giving you the chance to know what is actually on screen. This totally felt like my jam, so I likely enjoyed this more than an average person would. But, I still think those into action movies can’t go wrong here.
Final Grade: A-