Synopsis
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.
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Cast
- Eric StoltzZed
- Julie DelpyZoe
- Jean-Hugues AngladeEric
- Tai ThaiFrançois
- Bruce RamsayRicardo
- Kario SalemJean
- Salvator XuerebClaude
- Gary KempOliver
- Martin RaymondCab Driver
- Eric Pascal ChaltielBellboy
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
The truly chilling aspect of Killing Zoe is the correlation Avary makes between the gang’s nihilistic attitude and its penchant for violence. He pinpoints the schism in a precise and unnerving manner. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
It must have been even more exhausting to make this film than it is to watch it. But it's made with a kind of manic joy that makes me suspect its writer-director, Roger Roberts Avary, might develop into a considerable filmmaker, once he thinks of something to say. - 63
ReelViews
Ultimately, the greatest fault with Killing Zoe may lie in Avary's ambition. In trying to do too much (crime film, love story, psychological thriller, and dissection of an alienated generation) with a ninety-minute motion picture, his focus becomes blurred. Regardless, with a style that alternately recalls John Woo and Sam Peckinpah, and a tone that is nihilistic in the extreme, he has created a movie that, while obviously flawed, isn't easily forgotten. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Killing Zoe is a raucous, arty little neo-film-noir that comes equipped with a bucket of blood to splatter the halls of convention. It’s not terribly good but you keep expecting it to take off in unexpected directions. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Quentin Tarantino sans the witty dialogue. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Killing Zoe is another jolly bloodbath about disaffected young people having trouble getting in touch with their feelings, so they go on a spree, killing people, killing everything, tra-la- la-la-la. - 50
Washington Post
For all its tough-guy posturing, Killing Zoe seems like a boy's plaything, the cinematic equivalent of pulling the wings off flies. - 50
Washington Post
There have to be better ways of wasting money and killing time than the fashionable nihilism of Killing Zoe.
