Film: Too much violence is a killer blow

Reviewed: Killer Joe

**Directed by William Friedkin**

**Selected cinemas, 18**

**Rating:** 3/5

Forty years ago, William Friedkin was at the vanguard of a new wave of young filmmakers that revitalised Hollywood; he was the hotshot director who followed The French Connection with blockbuster horror The Exorcist.

After trying his hand at just about every other genre of film, by 1985's cop conspiracy To Live and Die in LA, Friedkin was ...