Natural Born Killers (1994)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I went to this movie with my wife and knew nothing about it... 15 minutes into it I was ready to leave. I wanted my money back. My wife kept saying, "It has to get better." She was wrong. Total waste of time and money!!

Oliver Stone's most controversial film is a breakneck satire of the media's attitude towards violence. This notorious movie tells the story of a couple of mass murderers who end up getting caught in a media whirlwind as they're pursued by a shock journalist desperate for the 'number one' interview. Stone goes all out on style with this movie and it's one of the craziest you'll see: back stories are played out in the manner of '50s sitcoms, all manner of media is called into play (black and white film stock, back projection, hand camera) and the film itself is an over-the-top glorification of violence and insanity that just screams offence at just about everybody.It's actually a very good satire – one of the most biting I've ever watched – and also one of the darkest movies you'll see. That's after you get past the first hour, that is. Word up – I absolutely HATED the first hour of this film, which tells the story of a modern day 'Bonnie and Clyde' and their murderous antics. Stone's outrageous direction is matched by the outrageous performances he elicits from his stars, and it got very tiring after five minutes or so. There are plenty of better films in a similar vein and the previous year's KALIFORNIA, also starring Juliette Lewis in a very similar role, was much better.Then the killers are caught and the film becomes interesting AND original. Obnoxious TV journalist Robert Downey Jr., is introduced, sporting an annoying Australian accent and giving the craziest performance of his career; he damn near steals the movie from everybody else. Tom Sizemore's on hand to show that perverts don't just exist on the wrong side of the law, and then the whole film moves to a prison for the last third where it gets REALLY good. Stone depicts a prison riot as a trip to the very depths of Hell and his use of the hand-held camera during this bloody moment of mass insanity recalled to me the gut-wrenching depths of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. This final set-piece is bigger, starker, and darker than anything that's come before, and it's where I REALLY sat up and started taking notice.I don't really like 'message' films as such – and there's plenty for Stone to dwell on here. The cult of celebrity, the media's obsession with violence, true crime programmes, insanity, true love, crime and punishment, it's all covered here with plenty of intelligence. Woody Harrelson holds everything together with the bone-chilling performance of his career and while I've never liked Juliette Lewis, she's impossible to ignore here. Tommy Lee Jones goes way overboard as the agitated prison governor and Stone has a lot of fun with the violence, script and twisty-turny plot. Weird – a film I started off hating ended with me absolutely loving it. NATURAL BORN KILLERS is one heck of a roller-coaster ride.

Oliver Stone's sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying but always compelling satire of the mass media's obsession with violence tells the story of a couple going on a cross country killing spree. Natural Born Killers is incredibly over the top, it's loud, it's nasty and it's in your face brutal. This is balanced with the humour in parts, but more importantly the characters are developed and the film even makes you care about the murderers. Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis and Robert Downey Jr. all give terrific performances, and the frenzied, psychedelic and mesmerizing direction is hugely effective. The best thing about NBK is that it doesn't act like most films of its type. Most films like this go down the route of being highly difficult to watch, but this is disturbing because of the highly intelligent way in which it manipulates viewers' emotions, and by the end I was left feeling very unsettled. Despite this, it's a highly enjoyable and enormously energetic movie much of the time, and it never ceases to be fascinating and provoke thought. 9/10

Started watching this good old film as I have heard a lot about it from my friends in the police force. I am happy to say I enjoyed it. The violence is very realistic and thoroughly deserves an Oscar for murder. I also found that this film reminded of school shootings I have been to during my 20 years at the force although I have found that I can relate to the main Character Mickey as the way he struggles through the film is very similar to the way Mickey mouse struggles in Mickeys mouse club house as the quest is very similar. I found that scagnetti was very similar to me as I have also killed a prostitute and also a few random people as a side hobby to keep me entertained when the crime dries up. And finally I believe the political environment was not realistic for Skyrim at this time. SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS. finally this film has a hidden message that Bonnie and Clyde's death was an inside job.This review is done by Mickey Knox in 1200 BC