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Directed by | Moritz Mohr |
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Cinematography | Peter Matjasko |
Edited by | Lucian Barnard |
Music by | Ludvig Forssell |
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Running time | 111 minutes[2] |
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Language | English |
Box office | $3.3 million[3][4] |
Boy Kills World is a 2024 dystopian action comedy film directed by Moritz Mohr, in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by Tyler Burton Smith and Arend Remmers, based on a story by Arend Remmers and Moritz Mohr. The film stars Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Yayan Ruhian, Andrew Koji, Sharlto Copley, Famke Janssen and features the voice of H. Jon Benjamin. The plot revolves around a campaign of vengeance enacted by a martial arts expert, rendered deaf-mute by an attack that killed his entire family, whose thoughts are presented as an inner voice derived from a childhood video game.
Boy Kills World had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released in the United States by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions on April 26, 2024. A spin-off video game Super Dragon Punch Force 3 was released on April 24, 2024, with an animated series in development.