Official Synopsis: When 22-year-old Chris (
Emile Hirsch) finds himself in debt to a drug lord, he hires a hit man to dispatch his mother, whose $50,000 life insurance policy benefits his sister Dottie (
Juno Temple). Chris finds Joe Cooper (
Matthew McConaughey), a creepy, crazy Dallas cop who moonlights as a contract killer. When Chris can’t pay Joe upfront, Joe sets his sight on Dottie as collateral for the job. The contract killer and his hostage develop an unusual bond. Like from a modern-day, twisted fairy tale, “Killer Joe” Cooper becomes the prince to Dottie’s Cinderella. Based on the play by Pulitzer and Tony Award winner
Tracy Letts,
“Killer Joe” is a garish, proactive black comedy from Academy Award-winning direct
or William Friedkin (
The Exorcist, The French Connection) and stars
Emile Hirsch, Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, and
Gina Gershon.
Release Date: July 27, 2012 (US)
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