Boy Kills World review: A derivative action film that can't find its own voice
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Though Boy Kills World (the feature debut of German writer-director Moritz Mohr) tries its best to conjure a snarky, gory action flick à la Deadpool, a sorely lacking script, bloated runtime, and aimless direction render this revenge flick aggressively tepid. Starring Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, and Michelle Dockery, Boy Kills World follows the titular Boy (Skarsgård), an orphaned young man living on the fringes of a “totalitarian hellhole” of a society that operates under the boot of the...

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