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Badlands (1973) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
544 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.03/4 |
# of Ratings: |
108 |
Genres: |
Drama, Crime |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 10/15/1973 |
DVD Release: |
03/19/2013 |
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Director: |
Terrence Malick |
Actors: |
Sissy Spacek
Martin Sheen
Alan Vint
Warren Oates
Ramon Bieri
Gary Littlejohn |
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Plot Outline:
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Loosely based on the Starkweather serial killer, a young girl and her much older boy friend kill several people including her family and run from the law in South Dakota during the 1950's.
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Yojimbo 07/02/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
Extremely influential crime drama/doomed romance/road movie that can be seen reflected in every film Quentin Tarantino has made; especially True Romance. Martin Sheen is wonderful as the charismatic social misfit cum killer and his romance with the innocent Spacek is very touching. A cult classic. |
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mitchellyoung 12/10/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
The key to this film's intriguing qualities is Martin Sheen's captivating, aggressive performance and Sissy Spacek's innocent, spacey one. Malick wisely doesn't choose to judge or explain the two main characters and instead lets the audience observe and thoughtfully draw their own conclusions. |
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jam 08/16/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
Martin Sheen's performance as the psychotic yet somehow very cool serial killer gives this movie its oomph. |
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Casey Jones 09/10/2007 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
Wonderful movie. Perfect. The character of Kit Cruthers is one of the most charismatic and interesting characters I have ever witnessed while watching a movie. If you have half a brain at all, this one will be stuck in your head for days. |
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Alex 04/25/2007 (0 of 3 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3/4 |
A well done but slow paced drama with Sheen impressive as the lead role. I was really looking forward to the movie with Malick at the helm. I was disappointed in the lack of originality. "Natural Born Killers" is a little more entertaining. |
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10/10/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Badlands review |
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A movie closely based on the real-life murder spree of Charles Starkweather and his girlfriend. Holly (Spacek) is befriended by Kit (Sheen). Sheen was spectacular, scenery as always was gorgeous coming from the director and action sequences was in good taste. Screenplay was wonderful. Some good quotes: "He was gambling for time." from Holly and Kit - "Listen to your parents and teachers. They got a line on most things, so don't treat 'em like enemies. There's always an outside chance you can learn something. Try to keep an open mind. Try to understand the viewpoints of others. Consider the minority opinion, but try to get along with the majority of opinion once it's accepted." Only knack was the pace and light plot compared to the directors films. Badlands may have paved the way for... |
Rating of
3/4 |
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