The year may be young, but Kirill Sokolov and Zazie Beetz’s “flaming axe” sequence in They Will Kill You is likely going to contend for action set piece of the year.
The Russian physicist turned filmmaker first got Tinseltown’s attention with his 2018 feature debut, Why Don’t You Just Die!, after it won several awards at Fantasia in 2019. He stuck around Russia for his sophomore outing, No Looking Back (2021), before taking the plunge and moving to Los Angeles for greener pastures in the major studio system. Sokolov eventually linked up with screenwriter Alex Litvak, and they collaborated on the script that would become They Will Kill You.
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