The Killer Inside Me Trailer: Who'd Lay a Glove On Jessica Alba?

The trailer is finally here for the controversial Michael Winterbottom thriller The Killer Inside Me, which was a festival sensation both for its pulpy nature and for the pulpy nature of Jessica Alba's face, once the psychopathic Casey Affleck gets done with it in the film. How brutal is the trailer?

Not very; in fact, it's an effectively arty clip that's all tease and barely glimpsed violence, save for one bit of unnerving foreplay where Alba gets lightly smacked in the face. Between this and Human Centipede, ladies could use a break, I'm thinking. (Then again, as the trailer for You Again posits, take men out of the picture and women will simply wreak violence on each other).

Also, for the record, Jessica Alba did not tab away from this trailer midway through. She has seen it and loves it (even if maybe she had to go somewhere, for a totally unrelated reason)!

VERDICT: Intrigued.

Michael Winterbottom's Controversial Neo-Noir 'The Killer Inside Me' Shines With First Trailer [The Playlist]