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THE KILLER INSIDE ME tells the story of handsome, unassuming small town sheriff’s deputy Lou Ford (Casey Affleck). A quiet charmer of his idyllic West Texas town, Ford has a simple life and a pretty girl (Kate Hudson) to come home to. But when the job brings him face to face with a gorgeous prostitute (Jessica Alba) on the edge of town, Ford’s fragile world cracks – unbridling his own dark urges.

THE KILLER INSIDE ME is going to be one hell of a polarizing film. That was painfully evident at the Sundance gala for this, as during the Q & A, one audience member chastised director Michael Winterbottom, and the Sundance committee for allowing this film to be seen. As far as I`m concerned, that audience member totally missed the point of what`s easily the best film I've seen at the Sundance Film Festival so far.
Michael Winterbottom`s crafted a film which, I think, might be his masterpiece, out of a great old piece of pulp fiction written by the hardest-boiled writer to ever put pen to paper, Jim Thompson (other Thompson adaptation include a previous version of KILLER INSIDE ME, as well as THE GRIFTERS, and THE GETAWAY). This is a tough tale, with Affleck playing one of the scariest psychopaths I've even seen, mostly due to the fact that he`s so damn likable.

RATING: 9.5/10