jmorrison-2 I knew nothing of this film until it popped up on my menu one day. I think Casey Affleck is decent in somethings I've see, and there was nothing else on, so I gave it a whirl.The scene of the beating of the Jessica Alba character was as disturbing as anything I have ever seen. I had this urge to reach through my screen and strangle the life out of him. That made his character so much more disturbing, but I guess that was the point.An interesting story and movie, but I can't get that beating scene out of my mind. Anyone who would do something like that deserves to be hung from the town square.

zardoz-13 Anybody who has doubts about Casey Affleck's credentials as an actor needs to watch "Jude" director Michael Winterbottom's eerie, sadomasochistic, film noir thriller "The Killer Inside Me," co-starring Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson, about a sociopath who kills without a qualm. Ostensibly based on Jim Thompson's 1952 cult novel, "The Killer Inside Me" concerns the awakening of a killer by a prostitute Joyce Lakeland (Jessica Alba) when she slaps him around and he likes it. Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford (Casey Affleck) slaps back, and the two engage in a kinky sexual relationship where he straps a belt about her neck and strangles her during sex without killing her. The evil deep rooted in Ford's character can be traced back to his youth when he molested a young girl in the back of an automobile, and his 15-year old stepbrother takes the blame for her abuse. A man of wealth and influence, Chester Conway (Ned Beatty of "Deliverance") takes it upon himself to see that Mike winds up in prison. Later, Mike dies, and Lou cleans up his act until he becomes a deputy sheriff and his boss, Bob Maples (Tom Bower of "Die Hard 2: Die Harder") dispatches him out to Joyce's house to persuade her to leave town because the clergy have brought pressure to bear on him. During their initial visit, Joyce roughs up Lou and he retaliates in kind only to learn that she likes playing rough. Meantime, Chester's son Elmer (Jay R. Ferguson of "Hollywood Palms") has gotten himself in deep with Joyce and she decides to blackmail him. Chester knows about the arrangement and asks Lou to back Elmer up. As it turns out, Lou still harbors a grudge against Chester for what he did to his step-brother, and he concocts a plan far more deviant in which Joyce has no part. Lou beats Joyce up and then takes her small automatic pistol and shoots Elmer repeatedly in the head. Essentially, Lou frames Elmer for Joyce's beating. When the elder Conway shows up at Joyce's house with Lou in tow, he calls an ambulance to keep Joyce alive. Indeed, Joyce was beaten without a hair of her life, and Chester is adamant that she lives to burn for the murder of his son in the electric chair.Affleck portrays an imperturbable character who maintains his wits despite all the heinous acts that he has carried out and winds up performing even more murders when he must cover up his tracks. His icy indifference to killing others to clear himself makes him a genuinely aberrant protagonist, and he does his best to make everything look as if he had nothing to do with it. Eventually, a teenager is locked up for Elmer's death, and Lou has the audacity to kill the youth in the county jail by hanging the kid. Later, Lou involves himself with another woman, Amy Stanton (Kate Hudson of "Almost Famous"), who doesn't object to having her bottom slapped. Out of nowhere appears a witness to Lou's presence outside Joyce's house, and this stranger (Brent Brisco of "Mulholland Drive") who lurks on the fringe threatens to inform on Lou unless the latter shells out five thousand dollars. Lou concocts another outrageous murder two weeks after he agrees to pay off the blackmailer to rid himself not only of him but also Amy. Meantime, District Attorney Howard Hendricks (Simon Baker of "Land of the Dead") is convinced that Lou isn't as clean as our protagonist believes he is, and he actively pursues his case against him. When the stranger arrives at Lou's house to pick up his hush money, he stares in horror at the dead body of Amy sprawled in the middle of the kitchen floor and flees the house. Lou chases him into town, screaming at him for having killed Amy, and a deputy sheriff guns down the drifter with several rifle shots. Later, the deputy sheriff begins to doubt Lou and joins the district attorney in another effort to catch him.Winterbottom's edgy film sticks closely to Thompson's up until the ending,which is slightly different than the explosive literary finale. The first person perspective is interesting and allows us to get inside Lou's disturbed head. This movie is just as cynical as the novel. Interestingly enough, many stars--among them Marlon Brando, Tom Cruise, and Leonardo DiCaprio--were up for the part, but each time that respective projects were never finished, probably because the 1952 novel was so unsavory and nihilist.

rsn711 The Killer Inside Me is a rather unpleasant film that never decides what it is trying to do. The story of a 1950's west Texas sheriff harboring a dark secret, the film is a well-appointed yet hollow period piece that confounds and disgusts rather than provokes and inspires.Casey Affleck turns in a reliably intense and committed performance as the sociopathic sheriff, but he is unable to overcome the haphazard characterization, poorly-written women, and wavering tone that plagues the rest of the film. Winterbottom never truly settles on how to tell the story, with moments of suspense and dread giving way to what one might call whimsy in a matter of seconds. The events of the end of the film retroactively draw into the question the decision-making and competence of all of the characters around Affleck, and leave the viewer frustrated. The absolute gutter-level CGI does the film no favors either.Featuring some of the most graphic on-screen beatings I've ever seen in a film (no, I haven't seen Irréversible), this 2010 film might be the one that comes back to haunt 2017 Casey Affleck more than any other. It certainly looks like a poor choice in roles considering the accusations levied against him that were highly publicized during his run toward an Academy Award win this past year.The film certainly deserves the criticism it received upon release for the gratuitous violence inflicted upon the women in the film, who seem to exist solely to receive this pain. We are left to wonder what kind of story could have been told with a more thoughtful script and more subtle hand behind the camera.

Sci-FiHorrorFan This film was boring and unsatisfying on nearly every level. Kate Hudson and Jessica alba gave mediocre performances and the film was so Slow. I get that it's a suspense film but this one screws up royally in my opinion and I did not like the graphic violence of the women either. The film told its story in a very slow and sluggish manner about a man who seems nice but really he is evil. Further more I should also add this film annoyed me!!. I can't believe this is a film people love!. What is there to love about it? The violence to women???. I'm sure women beaters would Love this movie! Because there is a lot of women hitting in it!. A lot of the scenes were filled with pointless violence when it was unnecessary and I should also mention the women did nothing when this psychopathic man starts hitting them. Jessica Alba's character just stands there and does NOTHING and let's him hit her repeatedly!. What the hell was she Doing???. This movie made no sense at times and I didn't care about the characters. Jessica alba and Kate Hudson's characters were not developed well and the only character I did like was a detective character played by Simon baker. I like Simon baker and he was the best part of this movie!. It's a joke this film is even classed as a thriller,what was thrilling about this film?? Nothing was! That's what. It's a film about women being beaten and killed and there is Nothing thrilling about that,and the investigation was not thrilling either it was Boring!.More accurately this film is a boring crime drama with no thrills and no excitement.in fact there was barely any crime in the film except women abuse,that's the majority of the crime I saw and not much else. The film only has a few good points but not many. I thought Casey Affleck gave a good performance as a psychopath killer he was very believable and he made you want to hate his character which I did.he was not a scary bad guy he just looked normal but I thought his acting was good and I found him very convincing. The film also has some nice cinematography and nice scenery and Simon baker was fun to watch I thought he was an interesting character and I liked his determination to bring down the killer. Simon baker was the only reason I kept on watching because he was interesting as a detective but I did not care about anyone else!. You barely know the characters in the film they are all just like sheep with no character. Also the killer had the most cliché of reasons for abusing women his (excuse) is but I grew up in an abusive house hold. Who Cares! That's no excuse to do what you did!. It wasn't even him that was abused as a kid it was his mother that was! So what reason does he have for being violent other than being a psycho?. NOTHING there is no reason! He just enjoyed hurting people I guess?.Wow what a great story! it's a story about a man that no one cares about!. Wow that sounds really interesting doesn't it? NOT!. This film was mediocre at best and even that's being too kind. The film was not entertaining and not interesting and the story was all over the place and the film also tried to be funny,but news flash it Wasn't!. The humour felt stupid and out of place and It was like the film did not know what sort of tone it wanted to be.whether it wanted to be serious or silly or bleak or maybe a bit of everything.the tone of the film kept changing which confused me and frankly I found it annoying. Also this film has one of the dumbest endings I've ever seen in a movie! It was Stupid and unsatisfying on nearly every level and one character does something so stupid it made me want to puke!. To sum things up I hate this film and I will never watch it again it's boring and overrated. The film lacks story and substance and dragged on forever with lame scenes.Simon bakers detective work was the best part of the movie but everything else was boring.do yourselves a favour readers and watch the grass grow instead it's better than this movie!. I'd rather go to sleep then watch this crap film again. And for people that say I don't understand the film,your WRONG I DID understand it I just Don't care! Because it's Boring.