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The Killer Inside Me [DVD]

Jessica Alba , Kate Hudson    Suitable for 18 years and over   DVD
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck
  • Format: DVD-Video, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Icon Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Sep 2010
  • Run Time: 109 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003R7J0MC
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 7,055 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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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. Lou has a bunch of problems. Woman problems. Law enforcement problems. An ever-growing pile of murder victims in his West Texas jurisdiction. And the fact he's a sadist, a psychopath, a killer. Suspicion begins to fall on Lou, and it's only a matter of time before he runs out of alibis. 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.

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By Sam
Format:Blu-ray
Some films come with their own baggage you learn about before seeing the film. `The Killer Inside Me' is one such film as I already knew it was meant to contain some harrowing scenes of violence that were borderline unacceptable to some people. After seeing the film I have to agree that there are some strong images in the film, but this is an 18 and everything is in keeping with the characters and the tone of the film itself. There is no revelling in violence; instead it shows the brutality of a man on the edge.

Casey Affleck as Lou Ford is this man. He is a Sherriff's Deputy in a small US town. He is pleasant enough to people and well liked, but inside he is tortured and driven to doing dark deeds. Affleck is excellent as the brooding Ford a likable psychopath who seems more broken than evil. He plays against a couple of female actors in Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson who do a decent job in difficult roles. However, this is Affleck's film firstly and director Michael Winterbottom's secondly. Winterbottom is a controversial and at times brilliant director. I would put `Devil' amongst his best works. He follows the source material well and literally pulls no punches with the violence. Does he go too far? I don't believe so. Seeing violence in a domestic setting is more harrowing perhaps, but I still see far worse in the multitude of violent 18 and increasingly 15 certificate films out there. Context is the key that make this film work.

`Killer' has an almost art house feel to it and this is reflected in both Affleck's unsettling performance and the story itself. You are asked to make some of the conclusions yourself and decide who you think is right or wrong. Ford is charismatic enough that you sometimes like him even though he is evil. This is an impressive thing to pull off and Affleck and Winterbottom should be proud. A dark and powerful film that will not appeal to everyone, but if you are looking for something challenging `The Devil Inside Me' is worth a watch.

I saw the BluRay version of this film and the period setting and open vistas looked great in HD.
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Small Town Lies 9 Mar 2011
By Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Love it???? Not really, I would have to be as lop sided as Lou Ford to "love it." The film does mumble along as Lou talks as much to himself as the camera, revealing his inner self in an outer dialogue; the killer inside him. Whilst most killer films have something inherently bad and rotten, especially anything stamped made in America, this is ambigious in its morality. The protagonist is a policeman who is deadly to friend and foe. He is a lover who consumes his prey, a law man who breaks the law, a friend who betrays and the only constant is his hatred sharpened to a tip of the hat and a cheeky smile. He is Jim Thompson's Dad turned into the film.

The violence is unremitting. Mysoginist? no its mysanthropic, the hatred is emotional, cascading onto anyone who gets in his way. Trying working in the DV field to understand the brutality of the male perpetrator, his words of love and the female response, escape from and fascination with the only form of love on offer that has a feeling, even if it is pure violence. Lou picks his women because he knows he can dominate them sexually and emotionally. Jessica Benjamin's "Bonds of Love" brought to film.

Thompson wrote a tour de force in the 1950's and this was all the greater because he put psychology years ahead through writing it in fiction, creating a far greater leap than most psychology books until the 1990's. See Jim Gilligan's book on "Violence" for the leap ahead.

Lou Ford lost his mother in childbirth, the father smashed the son emotionally and physically, the carer seduced him into sexual violence. He re-enacted it on a young girl, his playmate adopted brother took the rap. A highly complex sub plot but for anyone who works in the sexual violence field, complexity is not uncommon.

His brother is murdered by the town bigwig for reporting him about health and safety, not exactly unknown in the union arena. Lou takes revenge on women, men and the bigwig, through plotting a cold form of malevolence. Mean while he plays the dumb corn on everyone who could swallow the hick from the stick routine.

The film is hot in real time, a type of hot bothered fly on the wall of West Texas as he drives up and down against a backdrop of oil fields and small towns. This is a bleak picture of life in the outback, where outer politeness hides a will to power. The sex scenes coupled with love hitched to the extreme violence rinse the emotions.

Those who feign boredom in watching this film simply need to take a needle and insert it into the flesh of their thighs to ascertain whether they have a nervous system. Those who start fumbling around in the midrift when Jessica is beaten need to make an appointment with someone more balanced who can help straight them out because this film screams HELP!!

An unremitting picture of institutional power and violence cascading through the monetary, political and social elites onto outsiders; boys, bums and women. Thompson deliberately pictured this as a mirror of the society around him in the backwaters. It still exists without a ripple in the silver halide image.

Filmic bizarre includes Charlie Feathers, One hand loose and a raft of hillbilly country songs about the sweet surreal nature of love to the most deadly of corn addled men, Lou Ford. He is never the archetypal villain, a softly spoken good old boy, tipping his hat, helping the downtrodden but all the time consumed with something clawing inside, not the Bad Seed of childhood but the memories he is trying to hide, only his brother only knows, the violence behind the middle class charade of the Doctor's family.

This will unsettle those who consider they live in the glass bubble of social inclusion where Midsommer Murders provides a more cosy picture of country life, that is until you realise its about the local bigwigs up to no good. All engaged in a will to power to throttle thy neighbour. Jim Thompson was just miles ahead and set in a different continent, but he portrayed the same shilly shallying hippocrates.

Has that shattered the goldfish bowl of the curtain twitcher?
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By corrie
Format:DVD
This is a brilliant but uncomfortable film. Uncomfortable because it shows graphically and uncompromisingly the career of a violent killer from his viewpoint and you end up fascinated and a bit queasy because Casey Affleck is so good he invokes a feeling of sympathy. The girls, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson are superb. You wince and cringe for them when they are attacked and yet vaguely understand when they still claim to love their attacking monster lover. It gives some insight into the problem of "battered wives" who wont inform on their attacker. The various support players blend in beautifully, including the delectable Simon Baker who manages to tone down the wattage of his incandescent personality to play the quiet nemesis of the "hero". The arid scenery, perfect period small town small choices setting and strong Texan accents also add to the compelling atmosphere of this disturbing film. And speaking of disturbing....the most disturbing thing of all is the fact that when at the end the "hero" claims to love his battered victim Jessica Alba, you believe it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Nothing surprising
I borghi the blu ray beccasse the first time i've seen this film it hadn't convinced me, so i decider to buy it ( in english blu ray, because in italy it was relize on DVD only)... Read more
Published 2 months ago by alessandrobertoncini
Very dark, but deeply captivating
Casey Affleck was once in his brothers shadow but no more. Not just because of this film, but his portrayal of a serial killing cop was immense. Read more
Published 9 months ago by JB87
Superb Acting
I have to disagree with a lot of the reviews on here and say that this film was superbly acted by all main cast members. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. L. Webb
Not a date film
I had high expectations for this film mainly because I love the novel by Jim Thompson which I would sum up as shocking, funny and entertaining. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Lupo76
Great movie - terrible transfer
This is one of the most lazy, incompetent transfers of a film onto disc I've seen in years; this is a great movie, which looked fine theatrically, but the encoding on this DVD just... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr. Mark R. Thompson
Shame about the mumbling!!
Watched this the other day, and I found it absolutely gripping. The violent scenes are disturbing, but violence is and should be disturbing. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Howard Moon
Portrayals
Its clear what has made this film a talking point of cinema in 2010. The destruction of Jessica Alba's face. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. J. F. Clarke
Awful...truly awful
ive watched 000's of films in my time and this is one of the worst

predictable, dull story that felt like they were making the story up as they made the film! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Philippa Leah
Least Likely To Win "Texas Boyfriend Of The Year 1954"
You may dislike it for its graphic depictions of violence (they're pretty horrible). You may dislike it for its misogyny (it's unremittingly brutal, self-indulgent and sadistic in... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ivan Zehdra-Maychayne
One dimensional, voyeuristic film making
Michael Winterbottom continues his 'one-trick pony' approach to film making with this film, the Killer Inside Me. Read more
Published 18 months ago by jrhartley
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