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The jokes come thick and fast from one of the darker veins of comedy – think Heathers and The Rules of Attraction.
In addition to Moriarty, Charles, Lyonne and the scene-dominating DuVall, the cast includes -- watch fast -- Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise, Killing Zoe) and, as Megan's parents, John Waters regular Mink Stole and Harold and Maude/Brewster McCloud star Bud Cort.
(And if Korine thinks he’s doing something new and provocative here, remember that Roger Avary cast James Van Der Beek at the height of his Dawson’s Creek fame as a college sociopath in The Rules of Attraction back in 2002.)
And sure enough, itâ??s the mother of all ragers, practically tazing Bret Easton Ellis’ The Rules of Attraction and wresting the title of End of the World Party right out of its twitching hands.
Also making notable impressions: Carrie-Anne Moss (2014's " Pompeii ") as Detective Shaw, yearning to uncover a secret Elliot makes clear she should never know; reliable scene-stealer Cleo King (2014's " Transformers: Age of Extinction ") as librarian Ms. Watkins, who assists Elliot in his research; Leigh Whannell (2015's " Insidious: Chapter 3 "), whose unhinged newspaper journalist Larry Redmon kicks off the film with a frightening jolt, and screen legend Faye Dunaway (2002's " The Rules of Attraction ") as Larry's widow, carrying with her the terrible memories of the fateful day she lost her husband."The…
Movies like “Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead,” “Killing Zoe” and “Suicide Kings” all have similar gimmicky and flashy approaches to telling a story that rely more on conventions of pulp literature than conventional thriller scripts.
There's even a previously unseen cameo by the great French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade -- star of Queen Margot, Besson’s La Femme Nikita , and Killing Zoe .