The Killer Inside Me

our culture now is committed to stark exposures of high violence, love of slasher films and their beloved gore. I've heard it labeled gore porn. Half, probably more, of the formerly great population of the U.S. now C R A V E S high-end brutal acts of violence, thanks to popular filth/scum 'movies' such as SAW. This explains why a relatively simple murder story like Killer Inside Me must debase its story with two scenes of stomach churning violence that I had to shut my eyes to as the rest of the audience in attendance apparently lapped it up like hungry dogs. Scene #1 has Mr. Affleck pummeling......brutally and mercilessly beating beyond recognition Jessica Alba. This scene goes on for what seems like an unending 2 plus minutes. It really altered what until then had been a very interesting slice of retro film noir. And if you didn't get enough of the gratuitous gore, you are rewarded with a second scene, in which your hero once again beats the life out of the sweetest character in the film played by kate hudson, just in case you sniveling SAW lovers are getting bored. The grand finale is another hunk of maniacal violence sure to satisfy the death mongers that the makers of this film quite obviously are courting. I would take some scissors to the hyper violent stretches of this movie and turn it into something respectable and watchable. Otherwise this remains on the trash heap for all you gore voyeurs to moan about how there wasn't ENOUGH of it.     7/12/10