Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT In the heyday of the FX animated hit Archer, rumors of a live-action film swirled, and many fans wondered who would play the dashing assassin. Unsurprisingly, Jon Hamm was a natural fit to play the role. But, H. Jon Benjamin’s voice as Archer was so iconic it was later reported that Benjamin would be dubbing Hamm’s lines. Though that project remains in Hollywood limbo, the concept lives on in Moritz Mohr’s Boy Kills World.
Pros Cons Boy sees his sister Mina die at the hands of evil dictator Hilda Van Der Koy . Once a year, Van Der Koy gathers her enemies for a brutal public execution known as “The Culling.” Boy escapes to the woods and learns to fight from the mysterious Shaman . Though visions of his dead sister cloud his mind and ultimately his judgment, his goal remains the same for years: Kill Hilda Van Der Koy. When the opportunity arises, he's joined by Beanie and Basho on a hallucinogenic killing spree.
Having a co-star from The Raid franchise will do wonders for the believability of your film and combining that essence with thoughtful camera work is usually a recipe for success. Fights in Boy Kills World include quick shots, but the film — written by Tyler Burton Smith and Arend Remmers — is not afraid of long takes. The camera, on the other hand, is whipping around constantly.
The action gets every angle in every way, and the film's climactic action sequence takes place on a TV set, which makes it all the more thrilling. The sheer amount of camera activity is a marvel. The camera work starts off static, tracking the arms and legs of those fighting, before it turns into a drone that flies through the entire set, landing on a real piece of camera equipment that is used to kill the last enemy.