Killing Zoe is a 1993 movie directed by Roger Avary.
WHAT HAPPENS?
An American safecracker and a French junkie attempt to pull off a bank heist.
ONE LINE REVIEW
Killing Zoe is a quintessential, Tarantino-inspired 90’s gangster film.
THE ACTORS
Eric Stoltz leads an eclectic cast as American safecracker Zed. Stoltz inhabits the character with a laconic cool and basic humanity – a trait lacking in the band of criminals he joins with. Julie Delpy’s Zoe is used sparingly but her inspired performances critically bookend the story – she’s clearly Avary’s muse yet overcomes a narrowly defined role. Jean-Hugues Anglade rounds out the cast as the volatile, drug-addicted Eric – an outlandish role that he exuberantly fills.
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