"Natural Born Killers" is a great movie about a couple who are mass murderers who become famous cause of the media.Oliver Stone(Platoon,Talk Radio,and Born On The Fourth Of July)directs this movie with class and Quentin Tarantino(Reservoir Dogs,Pulp Fiction,Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2)does a great job a writing the script to the movie.The media was portrayed just right cause of in real life,the media has made bad people look good,like O.J. Simpson.Mickey was the Charles Starkweather in the movie and Mallory Knox was like the Carol Fugite in this movie,they were also like Bonnie and Clyde,but Bonnie and Clyde didn't kill people though.
The movie starts out as Mickey Knox,played superbly by Woody Harrelson(Cheers,Kingpin,The People vs Larry Flint),and his wife Mallory Knox,played greatly by Juliette Lewis(Cape Fear and Kalifornia)on their murder spree,wherever they go,they they kill people in every place they go,but they leave one person alive to tell the tale.
Wayne Gale,played awesomely by Robert Downey Jr.(Weird Science,Back To School,and Less Than Zero),is a reporter who is the host of a 60 Minutes type show called "American Maniacs",he interviews serial killers on his show.Wayne Gale has become obsessed with Mickey and Mallory Knox,he is responsible for the big media circuses surrounding them.Wayne Gale is the type of reporter who is interested in ratings.
The flashback scene is awesome,to see how Mallory Knox became a killer,her life with her family is not all that great,her father,played so great by Rodney Dangerfield(Easy Money,Back To School,and Ladybugs)abuses her,calls Mallory a "Stupid Bitch"a lot.Mallory's mother,played by Edie McClurg(Eating Raoul,Ferris Bueller's Day Off,and Back To School),does nothing about her father.Things are not great in her life,but meeting the meat delivery man,Mickey Knox,changes everything for her,though Mickey gets jailed for grand theft,he escapes and comes for Mallory,they kill the parents and let her younger brother,Kevin,live.That is where it began for the couple.
Det. Jack Scagnetti,played superbly by Tom Sizemore(Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man,True Romance,and The Relic)is hot on their tail,he is obsessed with capturing Mickey and Mallory Knox.Scagnetti is even as wacko as they are,he kills a hooker in a hotel room.
Mickey and Mallory has to stop to get gas,they end up and an Indian's home,he invites them in and gives them something to eat.The Indian and his grandson can see they are sick.The grandfather tries to help them,but Mickey has a bad dream and kills the grandfather,they end up leaving and both get bit by some rattlesnakes.Mickey and Mallory end up at the drug store to get some "Snake Juice"a.k.a. anti snake venom.The clerk recognizes Mickey from the TV he is watching and sets the silent alarm,he is killed by Mickey. Mallory and Mickey get surrounded by the police outside the drug store and there is Jack Scagnetti,they get caught and go to prison.
Mickey and Mallory Knox are in the same prison for a year,the prison is ran by Warden Dwight McClusky,played really great by Tommy Lee Jones(Under Siege,The Fugitive,and Coal Miner's Daughter),is a wacky warden who hates the couple so much.Wayne Gale comes to the prison and wants an interview with Mickey Knox and gets it,during the interview,Mickey explains how he became a killer.Mallory Gets a visit from Jack Scagnetti.Later on,a prison riot starts and Mickey gets a hold of the guns,forces the Wayne and the guards to move,and take him to the cell of Mickey,they get to the cell and Mallory kills Scagnetti.The couple make it out of the prison with hostages Wayne and the prison guard,Kavanaugh,played by Pruitt Taylor Vince.Wayne has an interview with the couple,after the interview,Mickey decides to kill Wayne cause of Wayne being a selfish mediocre man who only cares about himself and about ratings,Mickey believes that killing Wayne is a statement.The camera that was filming the prison riot and the interview told the tale of Mickey and Mallory Knox and the demise of Wayne Gale.
I give this movie 2 thumb up and 10/10 stars,this movie has a style like "A Clockwork Orange".
The soundtrack is really awesome,the songs "Waiting For A Miracle"and "The Future"by Leonard Cohen are awesome,"Sweet Jane"by Cowboy Junkies,"Something I Can Never Have"and "A Warm Place" and "Burn"by Nine Inch Nails and "Back In Baby's Arms"by Patsy Cline are awesome.I recommend getting the soundtrack,I have it myself.
The movie starts out as Mickey Knox,played superbly by Woody Harrelson(Cheers,Kingpin,The People vs Larry Flint),and his wife Mallory Knox,played greatly by Juliette Lewis(Cape Fear and Kalifornia)on their murder spree,wherever they go,they they kill people in every place they go,but they leave one person alive to tell the tale.
Wayne Gale,played awesomely by Robert Downey Jr.(Weird Science,Back To School,and Less Than Zero),is a reporter who is the host of a 60 Minutes type show called "American Maniacs",he interviews serial killers on his show.Wayne Gale has become obsessed with Mickey and Mallory Knox,he is responsible for the big media circuses surrounding them.Wayne Gale is the type of reporter who is interested in ratings.
The flashback scene is awesome,to see how Mallory Knox became a killer,her life with her family is not all that great,her father,played so great by Rodney Dangerfield(Easy Money,Back To School,and Ladybugs)abuses her,calls Mallory a "Stupid Bitch"a lot.Mallory's mother,played by Edie McClurg(Eating Raoul,Ferris Bueller's Day Off,and Back To School),does nothing about her father.Things are not great in her life,but meeting the meat delivery man,Mickey Knox,changes everything for her,though Mickey gets jailed for grand theft,he escapes and comes for Mallory,they kill the parents and let her younger brother,Kevin,live.That is where it began for the couple.
Det. Jack Scagnetti,played superbly by Tom Sizemore(Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man,True Romance,and The Relic)is hot on their tail,he is obsessed with capturing Mickey and Mallory Knox.Scagnetti is even as wacko as they are,he kills a hooker in a hotel room.
Mickey and Mallory has to stop to get gas,they end up and an Indian's home,he invites them in and gives them something to eat.The Indian and his grandson can see they are sick.The grandfather tries to help them,but Mickey has a bad dream and kills the grandfather,they end up leaving and both get bit by some rattlesnakes.Mickey and Mallory end up at the drug store to get some "Snake Juice"a.k.a. anti snake venom.The clerk recognizes Mickey from the TV he is watching and sets the silent alarm,he is killed by Mickey. Mallory and Mickey get surrounded by the police outside the drug store and there is Jack Scagnetti,they get caught and go to prison.
Mickey and Mallory Knox are in the same prison for a year,the prison is ran by Warden Dwight McClusky,played really great by Tommy Lee Jones(Under Siege,The Fugitive,and Coal Miner's Daughter),is a wacky warden who hates the couple so much.Wayne Gale comes to the prison and wants an interview with Mickey Knox and gets it,during the interview,Mickey explains how he became a killer.Mallory Gets a visit from Jack Scagnetti.Later on,a prison riot starts and Mickey gets a hold of the guns,forces the Wayne and the guards to move,and take him to the cell of Mickey,they get to the cell and Mallory kills Scagnetti.The couple make it out of the prison with hostages Wayne and the prison guard,Kavanaugh,played by Pruitt Taylor Vince.Wayne has an interview with the couple,after the interview,Mickey decides to kill Wayne cause of Wayne being a selfish mediocre man who only cares about himself and about ratings,Mickey believes that killing Wayne is a statement.The camera that was filming the prison riot and the interview told the tale of Mickey and Mallory Knox and the demise of Wayne Gale.
I give this movie 2 thumb up and 10/10 stars,this movie has a style like "A Clockwork Orange".
The soundtrack is really awesome,the songs "Waiting For A Miracle"and "The Future"by Leonard Cohen are awesome,"Sweet Jane"by Cowboy Junkies,"Something I Can Never Have"and "A Warm Place" and "Burn"by Nine Inch Nails and "Back In Baby's Arms"by Patsy Cline are awesome.I recommend getting the soundtrack,I have it myself.