Why Don't You Just Die! (Blu-ray) (Import)

Shades of early Tarantino, Edgar Wright and Sam Raimi abound in this violent, stylish and riotously entertaining slice of family life, Moscow style, described as a splatterpunk action comedy drenched in gleefully dark Russian humor (The Hollywood Reporter) and an amazing first feature from a filmmaker to watch (Screen Anarchy). 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. Making his feature debut, writer/director Kirill Sokolov presents a rousing tale of family, modern relationships and the dark places they can take you to when things turn sour. Featuring a soundtrack that veers between Ennio Morricone-esque western riffs and toe-tappingly catchy pop numbers, Why Don t You Just Die! delivers laughs, shocking twists and copious quantities of blood and gore, and establishes Sokolov as one of cinema s brightest rising stars. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentationOriginal lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 stereo soundtracksOptional English subtitlesBrand new interview with author and critic Kim Newman, exploring Why Don t You Just Die! within the context of the long-standing tradition of single location cinemaExclusive behind-the-scenes footage from rehearsals and the film setFour short films by Kirill Sokolov: Could Be Worse, The Outcome, The Flame and the award-winning Sisyphus is Happy (Best Director and Gold Frame awards, 2013 Unprecedented Cinema International Festival of Short Film)Theatrical trailerKirill Sokolov s complete original storyboard for the film (BD-ROM content)Reversible sleeve featuring two choices of artwork