A new R-rated action movie produced by Sam Raimi lands John Wick comparisons, but the director thinks there’s an important difference
Exclusive: Boy Kills World director Moritz Mohr is honored by comparisons to John Wick, but he thinks his film is a little different
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While the new action thrillerBoy Kills Worldis based on an original story, that hasn’t stopped it from gaining plenty of comparisons to existing franchises. Our review calls itJohn WickmeetsThe Hunger Games, and it seems we’renot the only onesto have drawn parallels to iconic action movies.
Asked about how he feels about the comparison, director Moritz Mohr tells GamesRadar+ and theInside Total Filmpodcast that it’s a thrill, but he’s not sure it’s entirely accurate. “That’s an honor to some degree because these films are just amazing,” he says. “I think we are coming from a slightly different angle there because we tried to make a martial arts movie and then we added some guns to it whereas John Wick had guns and then it sort of added some martial arts to it, even more towards the later installments of the series. So …
