Badlands

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Robert P @Superbad Sep 21, 2026 Badlands = a *4.5* star Movie! See more Ashequl I @Tofa13 Aug 1, 2026 Terrence Malick’s directorial debut Badlands (1973) is a chilling, poetic masterpiece that stands as one of the most haunting crime dramas ever made. Loosely based on real-life events, the story follows an amoral 25-year-old drifter and his naive 15-year-old girlfriend as they embark on a cold-blooded murder spree across the American Midwest. Martin Sheen delivers an iconic, charismatic performance as the sociopathic Kit, while Sissy Spacek is phenomenal as the detached, innocence-blinded Holly. The screenplay is exceptional, using Spacek’s childlike voiceover to contrast sharply with the horrifying violence on screen. Paired with dreamlike cinematography and a dark, fairy-tale-like tone, Badlands is a unforgettable, masterfully constructed classic that will linger in your mind for days. See more Ivan F @Neogrey Jun 27, 2026 It may be iconic, part of the American film history and all other cliches, but it's just illogical, boring g story of gun culture in America. So e other reviewers compared it to Paris Texas by Wim Wenders. It's is not even remotely comparable to it. I was willing to get to know Terrence Malik works but now I'm hesitant. See more Steven B @RT77676529 May 14, 2026 The movie was very noir,and that was it's high point..Not a nice story but well acted as it's based on real murderer. See more Manon L @RT67874930 Mar 11, 2026 Weird. I understand the filming, shots, photography music and style are interesting and beautiful but the story and mostly the characters are absolutely idiotic. It’s ends up being better once you know it’s based on a true story. See more Hector I @Hector1184BC Nov 30, 2025 This film is really what American cinema knows how to do best, like First Blood by the Coen brothers and also Paris Texas later. A cinema of borders and freedom. Here we follow the fate of Kit Harruter (Martin Sheen), an ex-garbage collector who meets Hollie (Sissy Spacek), a kid who lets herself be seduced by Kit. But this couple is not accepted by Hollie's father at all, so when Kit comes to pick her up, Hollie's father opposes them and Kit kills him. This brutal and amoral arrival of violence hits us all the more because if Kit knows what he is doing, Hollie does not seem to realize the seriousness of all this by following her father's murderer on this road trip. During this deadly trip, we start to strangely appreciate this couple especially during the little getaway in the forest, it is Hollie who is the narrator and I must say that this idyllic moment, is really beautiful and well filmed. A bit like Adam and Eve in paradise. By the way, the female voice, the shots and the superb photography influenced Wes Anderson in his cinema, it's not complicated, it was the raw version of Moonrise Kingdom. But violence always comes from Kit, uncontrolled, an antisocial element who takes what he wants and sometimes kills just for fun. Hollie, if she sees and knows what is happening, pretends not to see it, if not to feel it in any case, preferring to take refuge in her dream, her dreamlike journey. But it doesn't last and Kit's violence eventually catches up with them and he gets caught and sent on a plane. He has become a terror, a legend, but he is living his hour of glory because he is very funny and the police find him friendly. It disturbs as much as we are associated with these moments as if we were also this audience frightened and charmed by Kit like Hollie in the end. When the film ends, the embarrassment is published thanks in particular to the superb film music between Karl Orff and Erik Satie. We felt this wind of freedom and this communicative joy, these truly magnificent shots, these incredible colors. Everything is forgotten, everything is forgiven and all that remains is this appetite for life! 4.5/5 See more Read all reviews

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