Some Guy Who Kills People is about Ken Boyd (Kevin Corrigan), a depressed man working at a lousy job after just having recently been released from a mental hospital.  His best friend, co-worker and self proclaimed loser Irv (Leo Fitzpatrick) tries to help Ken out as there is a lot going on in his friend’s life.  Someone is killing the people who abused Ken years earlier and Ken’s daughter has just discovered her father is alive and comes to live with Ken and his wisecracking mother (Karen Black).

The movie plays with these three elements quite deftly, handling all three with same light touch and sarcastic humor.  It’s precisely this light touch that allows the development of a much brighter story of the father and daughter learning to know one another to shine through.  While this may at first seem contradictory, it is this lightness with which the humor elevates even the darkest parts of the film.  Kevin Corrigan does a masterful job enlisting sympathy from the viewer without ever resorting to cheap emotionalism.  Barry Bostwick plays the sheriff, part bumbling, part sarcastic, all with a gum chewing straight face.  Ariel Gade plays Ken’s daughter, Amy Wheeler who nearly steals the show with a great energy to every scene she is in. She pushes him into a relationship with Stephanie (Lucy Davis), whom holds her own against Ken’s angst.

In many ways, the entire killing plot could have been dropped and this released on the strength of the acting by Kevin Corrigan and Ariel Gade, but then it would have lost it’s dark charm which is really what makes Some Guy Who Kills People unique and special.  The plot unfolds at a pleasant, leisurely pace giving the characters time to develop before the events in the plot get too complicated.  Not that they ever really get very complicated. It’s just that, inevitably all of the elements meet with the overlapping characters.  It is truly refreshing to see fully developed characters whom aren’t one step above cartoonish in a horror movie.  Even more so refreshing is the overall feeling that watching this element of the movie gives.

The production quality is very professional with a solid soundtrack and camera work that supports the type of scene it is portraying, very well.  The murder scenes are shot in a straightforward fashion with the effects matching the same lightness and humor of the rest of the film.  Pacing is never an issue, as the film unfolds at a pace that neither bores nor leaves the audience wanting.

Quirky and offbeat are terms that are vastly overused in Hollywood these days, however in the case of this film, those are words you would use to describe it perfectly.

The choice of this particular title should be enough to let you know that something isn’t quite the same about this particular film.  Director Jack Perez has done a masterful job of turning out what could be one of the best black comedies of the year.  Interweaving the various plot elements, fantastic comedic acting, coupled with…well, some guy killing people, makes this a fun watch.

Highly recommended.