The Killer Inside Me 2010

     This film is based on a book by Jim Thompson.  Lou Ford is a mild-mannered sheriff’s deputy in a West Texas oil town of the mid 1950’s.  His boss sends him to a house on rural property outside the city and he’s instructed to run Joyce Lakeland out of this house and off this land.  He doesn’t do any of that!!  He starts to see her every day for a couple of weeks.  Lou has a plan to get rid of her, get revenge on a long time enemy and get away with everything.  Sheriff Bob Maples thinks this is an open and shut case but the county attorney Howard Hendricks thinks there is more to this?  During all of these events, Lou has been seeing his girlfriend Amy Stanton.  She wants to get married but Lou’s not sure about that?

     This is a tough movie to watch!!  The book this film is based on is a cheap paperback with an alluring cover picture to catch your eye and buy the book.   What’s inside doesn’t need to make any sense?  Lou is always calm and he never shows any emotion?  Maybe he just doesn’t have any feelings inside?  He’s also smart, seems to treat most people kindly and a hard worker?  He could be a psychopath, have a split personality or maybe he is just regular crazy?  I liked the cars and the clothing plus the hairstyles of the women.  Maybe that is all there is to like??  2 ½* (I didn’t like this movie)    

109 min, Crime directed by Michael Winterbottom with Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Ned Beatty, Elias Koteas, Tom Bower, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman, Brent Briscoe, Matthew Maher, Liam Aiken, Jay R. Ferguson.

Note:  Imdb 6.1 out of 10, 55% audience 39% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3.5* out of 151 reviews, Roger Ebert 2 ½*, Metacritic 53 out of 100 with 33 critics 7.8 out of 10 with 68 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Oklahoma City, Cordell, Guthrie, Enid, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Originally Andrew Dominik was to direct and Tom Cruise was to play Lou Ford.  Both dropped out of the project.  Katherine Heigl, Michelle Williams, Natalie Portman and Sienna Miller were considered for the role of Amy Stanton.  Emily Blunt, Anee Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried were considered for the role of Joyce Lakeland.  There is another film with the same title from 1976.