This movie is made only to spread free violence and sexual abuse trying to legitimate them with the absurd existence of mediocre human beings unable to express any human values in an alienated and cynical reality. the girl abused unable to understand the abuse but able to understand purity meaning, the father unable to understand the abuse of his daughter, the son able to make the deal because forced by the events which regrets his choice at the end... the daughter which kill his brother without any emotion telling she waits for a child from the abuse of the killer Joe. The movie ends after she is shooting without any reason in order to save his brother but killing the only one person really interested in her: his brother. This movie is absurd; it tries to get value only from perversions. Imho this movie likes pedophile, psychopaths, rapists, perverts, porn amateurs, whore-mongers, wore-wives, and so on. It is strange that a director as Friedkin could have produced this mountain of sh***t.

"Exorcist" director William Friedkin's "Killer Joe" is a strange, gory, Southern Gothic comedy of criminal errors about a dysfunctional family in Texas that will repeatedly either surprise or appall you with every turn of its twisted plot. The father and son hire a lethal Dallas detective to liquidate their estranged mother so that the trashy son won't suffer the consequences of being killed by other unsavory individuals because he didn't have enough money to pay off an ill-gotten drug debt. Matthew McConaughey portrays the eponymous but clearly amoral protagonist Joe Cooper who lacks soul as well as no qualms about anything that he does. The scene where Friedkin introduces Joe delineates the kind of person we are watching. Friedkin shows Joe putting on his Stetson, arranging his belt and gun. Emile Hirsch of "Prince Avalanche" plays low-lifer Mike Smith; he needs six thousand dollars to pay off a drug debt. When he approaches his trailer-trash redneck father Ansel (Thomas Hadden Church of "Sideways") about borrowing the loot, Ansel tells him in no uncertain terms that he doesn't have a dime. Eventually, Chris arranges a meeting with Joe at an abandoned pool hall, and Joe informs them that he will kill Chris' mother and Ansel's former wife so that they will be able to cash in a $50-thousand dollar life insurance policy. Joe Cooper stipulates that his price is $25-thousand. Eventually, the guys provide Joe with a retainer in the form of Chris' delectably young sister Dottie (June Temple of "Atonement") who has no qualms about having sex with Joe. Mind you, Chris helps Joe kill his mother. They drench her in beer and blow marijuana blow on her body before they blow her up in her car. Suddenly, when everything boils down to the insurance company cutting the check for the beneficiary, our characters find themselves in a terrible quandary. At this point, "Killer Joe" takes an incredible turn."Killer Joe" is not for the squeamish. The nudity, profanity, and subject matter are strong. Friedkin's film is not a lighthearted romp and may alienate spectators from the start. Indeed, when McConaughey read the screenplay initially, he found it revolting and wanted nothing to do with it. Seriously immoral and subversive things occur in this unrated epic that may appall some. The characters are largely unsympathetic. They are not the kind of people you would associate with and they are trash. The situations are dark and forbidding. The scene with the chicken leg is unforgettable. Like the chicken leg scene, most of what happens in "Killer Joe" will challenge you right to the core. Gina Gershon is a revelation as a two-timing wife as is Thomas Hadden Church as an idiotic husband. Ultimately, "Killer Joe" qualifies as a ghoulish bit of film noir.

Greetings from Lithuania."Killer Joe" (2011) left me speechless. Not that i loved it exactly, but this is expertly directed, expertly acted and superbly written thriller. Acting is superb by all involved. Plot was interesting, but script is so good that story becomes highly involving. It is also very funny movie at moments, but this is more dark humor. I didn't really liked the very ending, but it is interestingly made nevertheless.Overall, "Killer Joe" is definitely a very good movie. It has some shocking scenes and it is superbly crafted picture. It is bloody at the moments, but it not a gore fest.

One of the few movies that I stopped watching because of the graphic violence.There is also some gross sadistic sexual stuff, to go along with the gore. And some prayer, another highly unoriginal example of Hollywood's ongoing obsession with making religious people look hypocritical.I cannot imagine how anyone beyond the maturity of a 13 year-old would not be totally grossed out. In other words, anyone who would want to watch this falls into the category of people who should not be allowed to watch it.Shame on everyone associated with this.Sad because some of the cast members have good track records.