Killer Joe

Theatrical Release Date:

07/27/2012

Run Time:

103min.

Starring:

Matthew McConaughey , Emile Hirsch , Thomas Haden Church , Juno Temple , Gina Gershon

Director(s):

William Friedkin

Distributor(s):

LD Entertainment

MPAA Rating:

NC-17 for graphic disturbing content involving violence and sexuality, and a scene of brutality.

Genre(s):

Comedy,Drama,Thriller

Plot: 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). Read More

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