I have read elsewhere that the sheer level of violence in Killer Inside Me is noticeable moreso due to its infrequency but I must say the director, Michael Winterbottom, done too much of a good job with these scenes, portraying a reality many would rather not see in such rawness. Personally I felt the directors portrayal of the violent scenes was too good, to the point where I had to remind myself it was only a film and I developed a deep sense of hatred for what i was watching. I had to not consider this film for the last day after seeing it. Jessica Alba portrays the naive, albeit troubled prostitute Joyce Lakeland, with the cast rounded out by Kate Hudson, Simon Baker and Ned Beatty. While successfully both boring the hell out of you and making you sick to the stomach with the grotesque scenes of violence it produces shock and awe to the viewer with dramatic shifts from calm serenity to outright evil.Ĭasey Afflecks’ portrayal of Lou ford, the disturbed West Texas Sheriff, is diabolically impressive and as a performance, is nothing short of outstanding. The Film Killer inside me is a good example of Film Noir. But in Thompson’s savage, bleak, blacker than noir universe nothing is ever what it seems, and it turns out that the investigators pursuing him might have a secret of their own. Suspicion begins to fall on Lou, and it’s only a matter of time before he runs out of alibis.

And the fact he’s a sadist, a psychopath, a killer.

An ever-growing pile of murder victims in his West Texas jurisdiction.

Based on the novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, Michael Winterbottom’s THE KILLER INSIDE ME tells the story of handsome, charming, unassuming small town sheriff’s deputy Lou Ford.

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