When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.
Owing a debt of $6K to the local town mobster, Chris hears from a friend about Killer Joe. A Texas police detective, who moonlights as a hired assassin. He hires him to kill his mother so that he can collect on the $50K in insurance money. When it comes to light that he can't pay, Joe decides to takes his sister, Dottie, as collateral and holds his entire family responsible. When Chris attempts to wrestle control from Joe, things reach a hectic and climactic end that changes the lives of all involved.
Killer Joe is a slow burn thriller that is basically what you'd expect from a movie about a guy in debt who acquires more debt by hiring an assassin. The movie moved fairly quick as a whole and the story was easy to follow. I am not a fan of the ending, but that's left to interpretation. I can say that shit did get real.
Matthew McMissingshirt, put in a solid performance as Joe. He was creepy, forceful, unhinged, restrained, yet calm, cool and collected all at the same time. Don't get me wrong, there were good performances all around, but his just stood out to me more because I don't like him. But I give credit where it's due, and Killer Joe has to be one of his best roles.
Out of Ten? 7
Violence? Yes
Explosions? No.
Nudity? Yes
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