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Killer On The Road

Author: Lechuguilla from Dallas, Texas
11 July 2006

It's a road movie, with a killer on-board. Brian Kessler (David Duchovny), a sophisticated, urbane writer, wants to conduct field research on American serial killers. But, neither he, nor his girlfriend, Carrie (Michelle Forbes), has the money for a cross-country tour of murder sites, so they advertise for someone to  share travel expenses. Who they end up with is a young couple, Early Grayce (Brad Pitt) and his girlfriend, Adele (Juliette Lewis), two better examples of  "poor white trash" you will never find in all of cinema.

Indeed, Early and Adele are what make this film so entertaining, as they babble, cackle, confide, muse, speculate, drool, and otherwise behave in ways I  haven't seen since reruns of "The Beverly Hillbillies". Early's idea of California: "People think faster out there, on account of all that warm weather; cold  weather makes people stupid". That's enough to convince Adele: "I guess that explains why there are so many stupid people around here". To which Early  responds proudly: "It sure does". Early continues to instruct Adele about California: "You never have to buy no fruit, on account it's all on the trees ... and  they ain't got no speed limits, and I hear your first month's rent is free, state law".

But poor Early has some, well, mental problems, which become ever more obvious to Brian and Carrie as the four travelers proceed west across the U.S. As  they enter the desert Southwest, with its beautifully stark landscape, "Kalifornia" starts to look more and more like "The Hitcher" (1986), and Early starts to  act more and more like John Ryder, everyone's maniacal hitchhiker, whose terror seemed so unstoppable. In "Kalifornia", the acting is uneven. Duchovny's performance is flat. Brad Pitt is surprisingly effective, despite his overacting at times. Michelle Forbes is great  as the avant-garde, photographic artist. But my choice for best performance goes to Juliette Lewis. With her nasal voice and heavy-duty Southern accent, she  is stunning, as the naive, highly animated, child-like Adele.

Toward the end, the film takes on a Twilight Zone feel to it, as our travelers enter a Nevada nuclear test site with a dilapidated old house full of test  mannequins. The plot dissolves rather messily into unnecessary and preposterous violence, an ending that was somewhat disappointing. Overall, however, "Kalifornia" is an entertaining film,thanks to a clever concept,great scenery,especially in the second half,good cinematography great  dialogue, and that wonderful performance by Juliette Lewis.

Haunting

Author: CrashN from Canada
10 May 1999

"Kalifornia" is one of my all-time favourite movies, and it easily could be labeled as one of the best psychological thrillers of the 90`s.The film has a very stylish surface to it, but behind that are a lot of disturbing and honest depictions of homicidal maniacs and the terrifyng violence they inflict upon others. One of the film`s strongest aspects is it`s performances, Brad Pitt is startlingly great as a trailer-trash psycho named Early. Pitt potrays his frightening character  almost flawlessly. Juliette Lewis is equally as good playing his naive girlfriend, her innocence is almost heart-breaking.

"Kalifornia" has a very simple plot to it,  that goes steadily and slowly forward for about an hour, but it suddenly plunges into a harrowing spree of murder, as Pitt unleashes his psychotic personality.  There are alot of shocking scenes, and it all mounts to a power-house climax that will haunt you for days. "Kalifonia" is a film that should really be watched  for it`s intense look at how monstrous a human being can be, and not only for it`s violence and gore.

Remarquez ils sont TOUS excellents...Juliette Lewis est incroyable dans son rôle de nunuche et Brad Pitt...é-pou-van-ta-ble (au sens littéral...propre quoi)...bien qu'il ne soit pas trop propret justement dans ce rôle d'assassin;franchement immonde même. Duchovny que je vois pour la troisième fois est impeccable;bien meilleur que dans X FILES (il n'était pas mauvais d'ailleurs mais j'ai aîmé le film moyennement)

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This is a very impressive psychological thriller

Author: Philip Van der Veken from Tessenderlo, Belgium
26 February 2005

I had seen 'Kalifornia' before (must be about 10 years ago) and I still remember to be very impressed by it. That's why I wanted to see it again and all I can  say is that it still hasn't lost its power, even though I'm used to a lot more when it comes to movies than that I was ten years ago.

'Kalifornia' tells the tale of the writer Brian Kessler and his girlfriend Carrie Laughlin, a photographer, who want to move to California. But instead of stepping on  a plain and flying right to the state where they say it never rains,they choose to make a trip by car.He wants to write a book about America's most famous serial killers and she will make the matching pictures. But because their car uses an enormous amount of petrol, they decide to take another couple with  them, so they can spread the costs of the trip. Only one couple has answered the add, so they will automatically be the lucky ones. But they haven't met  each other yet and when seeing the other couple for the first time, when their trip has already started, Carrie is shocked. Without wanting to be prejudiced,

she can only conclude that Early Grayce and Adele Corners are poor white trailer park trash. She definitely doesn't want them in her car, but Brian doesn't  really mind to take them with them and decides to stop and pick them up anyway. At first the couple doesn't seem to be that bad after all, but gradually Early  Grayce changes from a trashy hillbilly into a remorseless murderer... Not only is the story very impressive, so is the acting from our four leads. Brad Pitt is incredible as Early Grayce. His performance in this movie may well be his best ever. The same for Juliette Lewis. She plays the childish and naive girlfriend that doesn't want to hear a bad word about her Early and does that really very well. But David Duchovny and Michelle Forbes are a surprise as well. They both did a very good job and I really wonder why we never heard anything from Forbes again since this movie, because she really proves to have a lot of talent.

Overall this is a very good and impressive psychological thriller with a very powerful story, but because of the graphic violence, I can imagine that it may not  be to everybody's taste (although I don't really see another way how to portray a serial killer in a believable way). Personally I really liked this movie a lot and  the violence never bothered me (it's a part of the story that's too important to be left out). I reward this movie with an 8/10.

A dark and disturbing psychological thriller.

Author: cygnus x-1 from roanoke, va
15 January 2000

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

it's amazing that so many people that i know haven't seen this little gem. everybody i have turned on to it have come back with the same reaction: WHAT A  GREAT MOVIE!!

i've never much cared for Brad Pitt (though his turns in 12 monkeys and Fight Club show improvement) but his performance in this film as a psycho is unnerving, dark and right on target. everyone else in the film gives excellent performances and the movie's slow and deliberate pacing greatly enhance the proceedings.The sense of dread for the  characters keeps increasing as they come to realize what has been really happening. the only thing that keeps this from a 10 in my book, is that compared to what came before it, the ending is a bit too long and overblown. but that's the only  flaw i could find in this cult classic. if you check this film out, try to get the letterboxed unrated director's cut for the best viewing option.rating:9

Kalifornia - Dark diamonds in the rough

Author: VampyreMilitia from United States
30 March 2006

Kalifornia came out in 1993, just as 3 of the 4 lead characters were up and coming to the levels of fame they now possess in 2006. This is a nice  psycho-thriller that should appeal to all David Duchovny fans because of his dry and intelligent narratives that find their ways into his work, like with most of  his episodes of the X-Files, Playing God, and Red Shoe Diaries.

People who were put off by the heavy southern accent from Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis' characters obviously have never spent much time in the south. For  every "Brian and Carrie" in the south, there is an "Adele and Early" and in 2006, that's the real horror of this flick. Aside from that, I think the film was written with a cult film intention - like with Carrie's photography, it's not suitable for mass consumption. But if you have a  copy of this in your personal library, I think it says something positive about your tastes for freaky movies.