Killer Joe - Matthew McConaughey brings the menace as a Texan cop Joe, who's also a contract killer in this black humoured slice of trailer trash luridness which is peppered with some sickening violence. When a trailer park family concocts a plan to bump off their mother for an insurance pay-out, Joe's brought into the picture - but as ever, things don't go according to plan. There's a sleaziness amongst the pitch black humour which means KJ won't be to everyone's tastes (and certainly the violent denouement may appal some like Killer Inside Me did) but McConaughey is very good as the measured mean man whose every calm delivery is peppered with menace and implied threat; but it's Juno Temple as trailer park Dottie who scores the break-out here, with a turn that's way above those around her. KJ is a polarising piece, but with some great performances which will linger after the lights have gone up, it shows director William Friedkin is still a force to be reckoned with.

Sun July 22, 2012 12:46PM