Killer Joe (2012)

Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris (Emile Hirsch) a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father (Thomas Haden Church), the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) a contract killer, who also happens to be a police detective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister, Dottie (Juno Temple). However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through.

Directed by William Friedkin (The French Connection and The Exorcist) this film is certainly brutal, at times disgusting and at end disturbing... and beautiful. There is violence, nudity and tension all over the place. Matthew McConaughey gives one hell out of a performance and the rest of the cast is great, mostly Gina Gershon. Unfortunately if you like KFC chicken I can't recommend the film. In the third act everything gets fucked-up and in real-time, so it's that. The editing at times was a little distracting and jumpy, but overall good. The shot composition and the lighting was good too. There are some continuity errors with wounds, but there is some obvious symbolism representing that it will happen something bad in the next scene.

I'm not sure if I like it or not, because it's...different. This film was really polarizing. I'm between 'It was a piece of shit' to 'It was great'. But I definitely respect it for it's WTF-ness and the bravery to go a step further. A-