Some Guy Who Kills People
Some Guy Who Kills People (Koch Media / Grimm Entertainment)
It’s an easy equation for me. If I see the name John Landis attached to a film, then odds are, I’m going to enjoy it, but this time, things were a little different. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the film, but it’s slightly different territory for Landis, which is probably why he sat behind the producer’s desk and let Jack Perez ride in the director’s chair. See, if what you’re after is a blood soaked, slasher style revenge comedy that owes early eighties video nasties like ‘The Exterminator’ a couple of beers, then ‘Some Guy Who Kills People’, is the perfect film for you. However, if you’re more into films that feature a cast of dysfunctional, damaged characters thrown together in a blackly humorous soap opera like critique of modern life, in which they all learn to finally live, and to live again, through the relationships that they forge with each other throughout the duration of the film, then ‘Some Guy Who Kills People’ should definitely be in your top ten must see movie hit list. Confused? Don’t be. See, Jack Perez manages to balance both in his film, which is essentially the story of Ken. Ken, following a spell in the local Mental Hospital, a “vacation” paid for by his torture at the hands of the High School Basketball team and his inability to cope with life following that event, works in an ice cream bar, selling tubs and cones to all and sundry, and lives at home with his mother who just so happens to be dating the local sheriff. It’s a quiet life, but it suits Ken and he’s happy. Well, as happy as it’s possible to be after a spell in the nuthouse. But like all things, Ken’s quiet life doesn’t last very long, as he discovers he has a daughter and bumps into Stephanie, a girl who won’t let him say no to her, and things start to look up for Ken, he starts to live again, through his developing relationship with Stephanie and his new found purpose, being a dad. And that’s when the people whose antics put in the loony bin in the first place start dying in all manner of nasty ways. Has Ken flipped? Is revenge more important to him than love and how long will it take the Sheriff to figure out that his crazed serial killer might just be the son of his main squeeze? If you want the answers to these questions and more, and believe me, you really do want to see the answers, then you need to set aside a couple of hours, sit back and enjoy ‘Some Guy Who Kills People’. Who knew murder could be this much fun? Tim Mass Movement
Some Guy Who Kills People is in cinemas on October 5th and will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on October 15th
