Casey Affleck,
Kate Hudson,
Jessica Alba,
Ned Beatty,
Simon Baker
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The second feature-length adaptation of author Jim Thompson's acclaimed 1952 crime novel, Michael Winterbottom's unflinching, psychosexual post-noir stars Casey Affleck as Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford, a s... read more
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
Release Date: June 18, 2010
DVD Release Date: September 28, 2010
Stats: 1,599 reviews
Ok. That was one crazy movie. I had to put subtitles on just to understand what the heck Casey Affleck was saying. The violence in this movie was far more disturbing to watch than any of the horror/slasher movies I have seen in my life....mostly due to the realistic nature of the... read more
The Killer Inside Me started off interestingly enough as a latter-day noir coming from the darkest of places. Unfortunately it got less intriguing as it got more confusing. The acting was alright considering the flaky story and character development the actors had to work with an... read more
Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba star. And all three do a wonderful job along with Elias Koteas as well.
Perhaps Jessica Alba's choice of films (The Love Guru, Meet Bill) should be more in question than her acting. With the solid remake of horror film The Eye, the ver... read more
A very violent but interesting film. Kept you intrigued all the way through and didn't really dissapoint. Was quite enthralling and at times too hard to watch.
I didn't know too much about this film before I saw it. Just saw the cast line up and gave it ago. Only now after watching I can see what all the controversy was about. It's a re-make of a '76 film of the same name. A dark, disturbing, brutally violent yet gripping thriller. The ... read more
A remake of an older movie and its done very well. Edge of the seat drama, even though there is no mystery who the killer is. Lots of nudity and sexual scenes, so keep the little ones at bay. Casey Affleck plays a great in the closet killer. The story itself is well written, but ... read more
An intriguing film that really surprised me, taking a look at the mind of a psychopath while wisely avoiding easy reasons for his disorder. The brutal, overviolent murder scenes are shocking and disturbing, depicting with bold realism the whole extent of his cruelty.
Cruel and unusual is a good way to explain this film. I was surprised at how much it didn't explore "The Killer Inside..." Affleck. All I gathered was that if your mom asks you to spank her when you are a little boy, you'll probably grow up to be a little fucked up. The performan... read more
Has probably the 2nd most violent scene I've ever seen in a movie(the first being from "Irreversible", only movie that made me think it might be real, and made me feel wrong for watching it). Other than that one scene(which will probably be hard to watch for most) this movie suc... read more
Having never read the book, I can't rightly say how much of its supposedly sharp psychology this film eschewed. On its own, it's remarkably shallow, a ball of tightly-wound noir atmosphere and very little else. There's some flirtation with Freudian philosophy that is almost embar... read more
Little, however, can save The Killer Inside Me from its worst impulses, its reveling in brute violence that makes it hard to watch and nearly impossible to admire, even though it's carefully crafted. Full Review
As for the misogynist brutality, it is indeed depraved, made more so by the fact that its female victims are depicted as loving their abuse right up until it turns murderous. Full Review
The question of Winterbottom's intent here isn't easily answered, but the power of his abuse scenes is undeniable. Full Review
It's a psychologically haunting portrait of an extreme personality, an amoral, violent, lonely man. Full Review
The film, sunbaked noir delivered with disturbing savagery and finesse, does its source material full justice. Full Review
Full of nice little touches, but somehow misses the mark when it comes to the big picture. Full Review
Winterbottom was right to keep the light and compositions flat and bright and eerily sunny, no matter what sort of evilness Lou perpetrates. But the story should grow progressively more reckless-seemi... Full Review
Little more than torture porn tricked out in art-house finery. Full Review
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