Earl Brooks (Kevin Costner) has just been voted as “Man of the Year”. He is calm, successful, a loving husband and father. Everything is perfect for him. But behind the perfect life of Mr. Brooks, hides a psycho who’s addicted to murder, who takes murder as an art, who’s extremely good at it. No one ever suspects him, until his latest murder takes a witness. His secret is in jeopardy if the witness talks. If that is not enough of a problem, now his daughter also comes home with a huge secret which daddy has to take care of.

It’s not everyday to watch Kevin Costner plays a bad guy like this. Even as a psycho, we could still his usual charming character. In this movie Costner has an alter-ego (played by William Hurt) whom Mr. Brooks communicates with regularly. This character emphasizes Mr. Brook’s smartness and sharp mind as an individual with double personality. The alter-ego is strong, but not too powerful. Mr. Brooks proves he’s in charge most of the time.

I have a mixed feeling about this movie. Costner is good, considering he’s not much of a killer type but he manages to make me think that “Wow, even prince charming could commit murder!”. I personally would like to see more from Demi’s role in here. Demi Moore as an ambitious police detective is too forget-able. The best part of the movie is definitely the impression it made afterwards. A psycho can hide in everyman. A psycho is about controlling mind. A psycho is also human with basic feelings: love and fear.

My rating: 4/6