Saturday, April 06, 2002

Killer Inside Coming to Big Screen

Earlier this week Variety reported that Dominic Sena ("Gone in 60 Seconds") will direct the 1952 pulp fiction classic "The Killer Inside Me" by Jim Thompson. While I didn't care much for "Gone in 60 Seconds" because of the story, I am fairly excited about the prospects for "The Killer Inside Me." First of all, it's an excellent book, considered by many to be Jim Thompson's best. Stanley Kubrick called it "the most chilling and believeable first-person story of a criminally warped mind that I have ever encountered." I agree. But who to play the main character, Lou Ford, a sheriff's deputy with a psychopathic side? My vote would be for someone totally unexpected... someone like Sylvester Stallone! Fans have been wanting to see him play a bad guy... well, this could be the role. Whoever is chosen should be playing totally against character... someone that everyone would NEVER suspect is a pschopathic murderer... if not Sly then maybe Harrison Ford? At any rate... check out the book!

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