You Don't Want to Get on the Bad Side of "Killer Joe"

I sure hope this wasn't based on a true story...

The Story:

Chris (Emile Hirsch) is in debt.  He hears about a contract killer named Joe (Matthew McConaughey) who will perform the service for a fee.  The plan is to kill Chris' mom, and the $50,000 insurance policy will go to his sister, Dottie (Juno Temple).  He gets his dad's (Thomas Haden Church) approval, and with his stepmom (Gina Gershon) in on it, it's a family affair.  The only problem, Joe wants the money up front: No money, no service.  Desperate, they give Joe a retainer:  Dottie.

Oh my.

This film is a train-wreck of epic proportions.  It is simultaneously disturbing, funny, scary, mesmerizing and insane... all at the same time.

Yet you cannot turn away.

McConaughey is a commanding presence, his laid back surfer attitude buried under a machine of man who is all business, all the time.

To talk more about the plot would ruin any of the twists and turns that the film takes to get to the finale, which is a very ambiguous finale by the way.

It's a dark film... I'll say that much about it.

Kinda creepy too.

You'll want to shower after you watch it...

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Final Grade: C
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: No, I now have to try and erase the memories of this movie from my mind.  : )