As well as watching Waitress last night I also had the chance to watch Mr Brooks which proved to be a dark and sober movie that was also proved to be more than a little fascinating.
Without wanting to reveal too much Earl Brooks (Kevin Costner) is an upstanding business man and family man recently honoured as The Chamber of Commerce’s Man of the Year. He also has a secret double life as a serial killer with his alter ego Marshall (William Hurt). Earl had refrained from killing for two years but thanks to the urging of Marshall he murders a voyeuristic couple in their home.
Despite his usual meticulous modus operandi there was a witness, “Mr Smith” who photographed Earl and the murder but instead of turning him in to the authorities he wants to come with Earl on the next murder.
There are also other plots in the movie. For one there is Portland Detective Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore) who is the lead detective in the serial killer case (The Thumb Print Killer) who has her own complications. And then there is Earl’s daughter who mysteriously returns home suddenly from college before revealing she is pregnant before the police arrive to question her about a murder back at her college.
I am not a fan of Kevin Costner as he usually in a fluffy, light kind of movie but in this case it was suitably dark, brutal and interesting. I recommend it but not for the squeamish.







