Deep in the American South, a police detective working on the side as a hitman becomes involved with a life insurance scam in return for time spent with the client's attractive sister.

Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police detective. The plan is that the money will go ...

Marc Brenner Sophie Cookson plays 20-year-old Dottie in the play Killer Joe tells the story of a struggling ... but Bloom says he didn't let the movie influence his performance.