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With: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Sizemore, Tommy Lee Jones, Rodney Dangerfield, Edie McClurg, Sean Stone, Russell Means, Jeremiah Bitsui, Lanny Flaherty, Evan Handler, Balthazar Getty, Richard Lineback, Kirk Baltz, Steven Wright, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Joe Grifasi, Everett Quinton
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Written by: David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, Oliver Stone, based on a story by Quentin Tarantino
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Directed by: Oliver Stone
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MPAA Rating: R for extreme violence and graphic carnage, for shocking images, and for strong language and sexuality
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Running Time: 122
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Date: 08/26/1994
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Natural Born Killers (1994)
Hail of Bullets
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
I despised this the first time I saw it, but curiosity drew me back to it (plus I wanted to see the "director's cut"). Quentin Tarantino's original screenplay was about the bizarre link between violence and fame and director Oliver Stone lays the hammer down, hard, on that theme. It's headache-inducing. He dresses it up like a psychedelic message movie from the 1960s, flipping back and forth between different types of film stock and video, adding laugh tracks, subliminal images and an array of music ranging from Patsy Cline to Dr. Dre, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to Nine Inch Nails. (Trent Reznor put together the soundtrack, which is one of the movie's best assets.) Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis are Mickey and Mallory Knox, two serial killers loving their life. When Mickey accidentally kills a helpful Navajo, they are caught and arrested. Some time later, slimy Australian TV reporter Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.) convinces Warden Dwight McClusky (Tommy Lee Jones, in a bizarre hairdo) to let him do a live interview, which leads to a prison riot. Downey is another reason to watch this; he's a whirlwind with a flawless accent. Likewise, Lewis digs deep to find a great well of pain and love; her Mallory feels things. Rodney Dangerfield is positively creepy as Mallory's father in a flashback.
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