Review of The Killer Inside Me (2010) by Lorenzo V — 12 Oct 2010

"The trouble of growing up in a small town is everybody thinks they know who you are.".

A West Texas deputy sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.

REVIEW.

The life of Deputy Ford (Casey Affleck) is governed by the paradox of inquiry as described by St. Augustine: As long as you don't ask him why he's doing what he's doing, he knows exactly why. He simply does what needs to be done. But as soon you ask for his reasons, he has no clue. Why care? The issue is that what he mainly does is harm. Most of the time, Jessica Alba's character Joyce is at the receiving end of his temper. She kind of likes it initially, but she senses he won't stop at spanking her. Kate Hudson's part has even less perspective. Her modest assignment is to stick around long enough to get killed. Michael Winterbottom tells a savage story, but he tells it in style. He got a lot of boos at the Berlin Film Festival for the graphic violence, but I don't see how he could have told Lou Ford's story in a PG version. Fabulous opening credits by the way.