City of Films

Icon Pictures has released the official trailer for The Killer Inside Me, and it looks like a very dark little movie.  Reminds me a lot of No Country For Old Men, maybe it’s the hats.  The film has gained a reputation for its brutal violence against women and the lead performance by Casey Affleck.  The film was directed by Michaal Winterbottom (24 Hours Party People) and has a very strong cast of actors that includes Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Ned Beatty, and Elias Koteas.

The Killer Inside me tells the story of handsome, charming, unassuming small town sheriff’s deputy named Lou Ford (Casey Affleck).  The film takes place in an idyllic West Texas town in the early 1950’s.  As a lifelong resident, Ford has difficulty juggling his long-term girlfriend Amy (Kate Hudson), the prostitute named Joyce (Jessica Alba) that he mistakenly falls for, and the sociopathic tendencies inside him. In Thompson’s savage, bleak, blacker than noir universe nothing is ever what it seems.  The movie opens June 18th. Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think. (more…)