A seemingly ideal marriage ends up in mayhem in the chilling thriller “A Kind of Murder”. Set in 1960's New York, the movie is based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, “The Blunderer” adapted to movie as “A Kind of Murder” starring Patrick Wilson (Conjuring, Insidious), Jessica Biel (Total Recall) and Haley Bennett (The Girl on the Train).
At the heart of the movie is Walter's (Wilson) discontent of his marriage to Clara (Biel). The romance is over, and his wife harbors serious mental problems, including paranoia, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive behavior. She has become possessive and domineering, convinced Walter is having an affair. Walter himself has developed a propensity for telling lies — little lies at first, to his architecture clients, and to Clara, followed by bigger lies that once told seem to make his life much easier to endure. His desire to be free of her feeds his obsession with Kimmel, a man suspected of brutally murdering his own wife.
As “A Kind of Murder” progresses, Walter becomes intrigued by Ellie Briess (Haley Bennett), a nightclub singer he meets during a gathering in the Stackhouse home. When Clara attempts suicide he is drawn even further towards Ellie, whose Bohemian existence in Greenwich Village provides the perfect antidote to his stultifying marriage. When Ellie can no longer satisfy his restlessness, murder begins to preoccupy his thoughts. His cat-and-mouse game with suspected killer Kimmel — and the police detective Lawrence Corby (Vincent Kartheiser) — takes over the story. Walter begins trailing Kimmel, and after a shocking turn in Walter's own life, Corby starts tracking him. When Walter and Kimmel's lives become dangerously intertwined, a ruthless police detective becomes convinced he has found the murderer. But as the lines blur between innocence and intent, who, in fact, is the real killer?
