Killer Joe

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. Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper a contract killer, who also happens to be a police detective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through.

Keywords

  • American Dream
  • Best Stage Plays Adaptations
  • Deauville Film Festival
  • Deauville Film Festival: Highlight on the American Cinema (home)
  • Popcorn
  • The Best Anti-Heroes
  • drugs

Actors

  • Marc Macaulay
  • Thomas Haden Church
  • Gina Gershon
  • Juno Temple
  • Matthew McConaughey
  • Emile Hirsch

Director

  • William Friedkin

Thriller


1h 42min


-16

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United States
2010
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.

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.


Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper a contract killer, who also happens to be a police detective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through.

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