The Killer Inside Me

The Killer Inside Me
2010
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba

Who would have thought a movie starring Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, and Bill Pullman would be god-awful. A remake of a remake of a remake. This movie had zero emotional scale to follow. Even Transformers 2 made you like the characters and wonder about their fates. The Killer Inside Me took decent actors and threw them in a big pot of nothingness with no where to go. The story seemed all over the place, and the overall concept was a bore.

Dry. That's really the one word I can use to describe the acting style of Casey Affleck. I've always thought of him as a mediocre actor at best. Yes, Good Will Hunting was a fantastic film, but honestly, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are better actors than Casey. I feel that every time I watch a Casey Affleck film, he's really nervous about something. His voice shakes, and he never really shows any true emotion. It seems like he doesn't care. Well I'll tell you what, he should care. He should realize that the acting job he does in a movie like this is the biggest part. Casey plays dry, mediocre roles. Maybe that's just his niche.

Focusing back on this atrocity they call movie, the story was weak, the characters were weak, the emotional aspect was weak. For no reason at all things begin to happen. I'm sure they happened for a reason, but who could tell with the droning, unbalanced voices? Speaking with a southern, out dated accent is one thing. But mumbling nonsense as if you're speaking under your breath is another. The urge to get up and check my phone for messages is the first sign that something is wrong with the movie. Dry, non-entertaining, utter nonsensical movies that actually have a good premice but no direction really get to me. Affleck is the worse of the two Affleck brothers in acting (that's right, I said it). So to wrap up. Waste of time. Waste of money. Waste of on-demand purchase. Get it right Winterbottom. You're not going to have a successful movie if Jessica Alba is only in the first 15 minutes and Kate Hudson looks fat.

Stars: 1/2