Arrow Video will be giving writer/director Kirill Sokolov's feature debut WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE! a limited theatrical release in the United States on April 10th, and in anticipation of that release a trailer has arrived online and can be seen above.
A blood-soaked black comedy said to be in the vein of the works of Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE! is "a rousing tale of family, modern relationships, and the dark places they can take you to when things turn sour."
Here's the synopsis:
Matvey (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) has just one objective: to gain entry to his girlfriend's parents' apartment and kill her father Andrey (Vitaliy Khaev) with a hammer to restore her honour. But all is not as it initially seems, and Matvey's attempts to bludgeon the family patriarch to death don't quite go to plan as Andrey proves a more formidable – not to mention ruthless – opponent than he anticipated… and Matvey, for his part, proves stubbornly unwilling to die.
Sokolov had this to say about his film:
Despite our exaggerated use of genre tropes and all the flashy effects, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE! remains, for me, an incredibly personal and sincere story. The film's inherent violence is the result of reflection on the realities of life in Russia, modern relationships, and societal attitudes. The gallows humor which pervades the film is the only true reaction whatsoever to all of this. The film is intended as an emotional rollercoaster, making the audience laugh, cry, and laugh again – but then immediately feel a sense of unease for having laughed."
WHY DON'T YOU JUST DIE! will be showing at theatres in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Knoxville, Ithaca, Houston, Lubbock, El Paso, and Phoenix.
Check out the trailer and see if this is a movie you'd like to watch on the big screen.
