The Killer Inside Me

[Brian in Mesa]

The Killer Inside Me

Release Date: June 18, 2010 (limited)
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Screenwriter: Robert Weinbach, John Curran
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for disturbing brutal violence, aberrant sexual content and some graphic nudity)
Official Website: IFCFilms.com

Starring: Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman, Ned Beatty, Elias Koteas, Tom Bower

Plot Summary: From director Michael Winterbotton comes "The Killer Inside Me" which has electrified audiences at the Sundance, Berlin and Tribeca Film Festivals. Based on the classic novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, "The Killer Inside Me" tells the story of handsome, unassuming small town sheriff's deputy Lou Ford (Casey Affleck). A quiet charmer of his idyllic West Texas town, Ford has a simple life and a pretty girl (Kate Hudson) to come home to. But when the job brings him face to face with a gorgeous prostitute (Jessica Alba) on the edge of town, Ford's fragile world cracks – unbridling his own dark urges. In "The Killer Inside Me's" blacker–than–noir universe, nothing is ever what it seems. From the acclaimed director of "A Mighty Heart" and "24 Hour Party People," "The Killer Inside Me" is a thrill–ride that Stanley Kubrick called "the most chilling and believable first–person story of a criminally warped mind I have ever encountered."

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[Pariah]

Jim Thompson is my favorite fiction author (this movie is based on one of his best works).

I'm not sure about affleck in this role, though. Sure, he can play the hick as well as anyone, but this character requires him to turn that on and off -- at least, that's how the character was written in the book.

 

[Louis]

Rented this to watch tonight on PPV.

All on the strength of the Alba spanking scene. LOL.

 

[Louis]

Granted the movie takes place before DNA and improved forensics but the premise of this movie was terrible IMO.

Ultimately the movie seemed nothing more than a vehicle to show over the top violence with one of the least believable serial killer storylines I have seen.

No performance was spectacular. Overall I'd give this movie a 6/10. A waste of a $6.99 rental on DirecTv.

 

[Pariah]

one of the least believable serial killer storylines I have seen.

Dude. Read the book. Seriously great nior.

http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Inside...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278386565&sr=8-1

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[Louis]

Have you seen this movie? How does the book/movie compare?

The book may be interesting to read, but I have a suspicion that it'd be similar to reading the Dexter novels.

 

[Pariah]

The book may be interesting to read, but I have a suspicion that it'd be similar to reading the Dexter novels.

I haven't seen the movie, but since Jim Thompson wrote in the 1940s and is one of America's great crime noir novelists (up there with the likes of Hammett and Chandler), I kind of doubt it's anything like the Dexter books.