KILLER JOE

Type of media Video

Approved Running time 98m 5s

BBFCInsight Contains strong bloody and sadistic violence and sexual threat

Genre(s) Drama

Director(s) William Friedkin

Cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, Gina Gershon, Marc Macaulay, Jeff Galpin, Danny Epper

Cut This work was passed uncut.

18
ECI information

BBFCinsight publication date 15/08/2012

Note: The following text may contain spoilers

KILLER JOE is a drama in which a police detective who also works as a contract killer is hired by a young man to kill his mother so the young man can use his mother's life insurance to clear a debt to a drug dealer.

Violence: Violent scenes include those in which a woman is punched hard in the face, causing her face to become heavily bloodied, a scene in which a can of food is used as a weapon to repeatedly punch a man in the face, a scene in which a man is beaten because of his debt to the drug dealer, and scenes where characters are shot and there are accompanying blood spurts.
Threat: There are also two scenes of sexual threat. In one scene, a young woman is ordered to remove her clothes before she is engaged in sexual activity. In the second scene, a woman is made to kneel and suck on a chicken drumstick which has been placed in front of a man's crotch. During this scene the man holding the chicken mimics sexual pleasure by thrusting his hips towards the woman and moaning.

There is also some strong language ('f**k'), sexualised nudity and drug misuse.

Details

Title: KILLER JOE
Year: 2012
Distributor(s): Entertainment One UK
Classified date(s): 16/08/2012
Main language: English
Submitted run time: 98m 5s
BBFC reference: AVF286493
Remarks: Widescreen

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01:38:05:08: KILLER JOE

Rating information

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