A West Texas deputy sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Rating: 6.6/10 (677 votes)
Country: USA
Languages: English
Company: Muse Productions
MPAA:
Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Rating: 6.6/10 (677 votes)
Country: USA
Languages: English
Company: Muse Productions
MPAA:
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Director(s): Michael Winterbottom
Producer(s):
Lilly Bright – executive producer
Chad Burris – executive producer
Andrew Eaton – producer
Randolf S. Mendelsohn Esq. – executive producer
Jordan Gertner – executive producer
Chris Hanley – producer
Susan Kirr – co-producer
Bradford L. Schlei – producer
Fernando Sulichin – executive producer
Tricia van Klaveren – co-executive producer
Writer(s):
John Curran – screenplay
Jim Thompson – novel
Michael Winterbottom – writer
Cast:
Casey Affleck – Lou Ford
Kate Hudson – Amy Stanton
Jessica Alba – Joyce Lakeland
Ned Beatty – Chester Conway
Elias Koteas – Joe Rothman
Tom Bower – Sheriff Bob Maples
Simon Baker – Howard Hendricks
Bill Pullman – Billy Boy Walker
Brent Briscoe – Bum / The Stranger / Visitor
Matthew Maher – Deputy Jeff Plummer
Music: Melissa Parmenter
Director(s): Michael Winterbottom
Producer(s):
Lilly Bright – executive producer
Chad Burris – executive producer
Andrew Eaton – producer
Randolf S. Mendelsohn Esq. – executive producer
Jordan Gertner – executive producer
Chris Hanley – producer
Susan Kirr – co-producer
Bradford L. Schlei – producer
Fernando Sulichin – executive producer
Tricia van Klaveren – co-executive producer
Writer(s):
John Curran – screenplay
Jim Thompson – novel
Michael Winterbottom – writer
Cast:
Casey Affleck – Lou Ford
Kate Hudson – Amy Stanton
Jessica Alba – Joyce Lakeland
Ned Beatty – Chester Conway
Elias Koteas – Joe Rothman
Tom Bower – Sheriff Bob Maples
Simon Baker – Howard Hendricks
Bill Pullman – Billy Boy Walker
Brent Briscoe – Bum / The Stranger / Visitor
Matthew Maher – Deputy Jeff Plummer
Music: Melissa Parmenter
Michael Winterbottom's film about a killer who also happens to be a lawenforcement officer in 1950's Texas is a huge let down.Casey Affleckplays Lou Ford, a seemingly polite Deputy Sheriff in a small town. Thereality is that he is psychopath who is willing to use violence onwomen.
This film is an empty peace of crap.None of the characters areconvincing,all seem to act in an illogical way.It has two shockingpieces of violence that are gratuitous in the extreme.I had two covermy face to avoid seeing some scenes. Great supporting actors like NedBeatty and Elias Koteas are wasted.The two female stars Kate Hudson andJessica Alba are given hardly anything to do except………
An empty nasty film not worth the time of day.Can this be the samedirector who made Welcome to Sarajevo?
I was personally highly disappointed with the narrative. The screenplayseemed to betray the strong of of Affleck, forgetting to let thecharacter in Ford's head. Ford is psychotic, and therefore a unreliablenarrator. It isn't until the final scene that this is even remotelyshown. As it is the script only comes off as shallow.
Still Affleck gives a fine performance, and we probably have Hudson'sbest work in almost a decade, or at least since The Skeleton Key. Albabrings very little to the role, but her performance isn't necessarilybad either. It just is.
The Killer Inside Me isn't necessarily a terrible film, and it not afilm to avoid by means, but it certainly isn't anything to rush out tosee. Part's of it are certainly worth while, most notably the scenestowards the middle of the film.