Natural Born Killers

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Audience Member TÖTEN IST WAS GANZ NATÜRLICHES Mickey und Mallory ziehen als Serienkillerpärchen durchs Land und hinterlassen eine Schneise der Verwüstung. Auf ihrem Weg werden sie von Medien gehypt, steigen zu Pop-Ikonen der Gewalt auf und sind auf dem Cover vom Time Magazin. Die Frage bleibt aber, warum tun sie das überhaupt? Natural Born Killers (1994) geht ca. 120 Minuten und ist ab 18 freigegeben. Woody Harrelson und Juliette Lewis tragen den Film als unheimlich eingespieltes, verstörendes Duo. Wenn die beiden streiten, sich lieben oder moralphilosophisch über Gut und Böse reden, ist das tatsächlich spannend. Diese Figuren haben Ecken, Kanten und eine gefährliche Faszination. Was den Film für mich kaputtmacht, ist der Stil: Regisseur und Cutter feuern eine visuelle Reizüberflutung ab, Schwarzweiß, Körnung, Perspektivwechsel, hektische Sprünge als sollte das Hirn des Zuschauers nie stillstehen dürfen. Nach kurzer Zeit tut der Kopf weh. Die satirische Idee, die Mediengesellschaft als Komplizin zu zeigen, ist giftig und wäre großartig, leider verkommt sie häufig zur reinen Rechtfertigung für Eskalation und Brutalität ohne echten substanziellen Kommentar. Nebenrollen wie Robert Downey Jr. oder Tommy Lee Jones sind überspitzt und nervig, sie geben dem Film Überdrehung und Energie, reißen aber zugleich den Ton immer wieder auseinander. Das Finale ist ein hemmungsloses Baller-Spektakel: Polizei, Medien und Wärter bekommen ihr Fett weg. Es ist überzogen, realitätsfern, aber trotzdem gut inszeniert. Unterm Strich bleibt ein Werk, das mich persönlich nicht komplett abgeholt hat, zu überdreht im Schnitt, zu laut in seiner Inszenierung und zu gezielt auf Schock getrimmt, inhaltlich teils oberflächlich. Dafür sind die Hauptfiguren stark, die Gewalt konsequent dargestellt und der Soundtrack sitzt. 5,5/10 Punkten. Und ja die Frage „Wollen wir mal wieder eine Geisel mitnehmen?“ wirkt in diesem Film fast wie schlechter Smalltalk. Klar, warum nicht, irgendwo steht doch immer jemand bereit. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/10/25 Full Review Maksim S Natural Born Killers had the potential to be a groundbreaking critique of media and violence, and Oliver Stone’s inventive camerawork initially grabs your attention. But what starts as visually intriguing quickly unravels into a chaotic, overstuffed mess. The stylistic flourishes become distracting, the narrative feels hollow, and the film leans too heavily on shock over storytelling. An ambitious attempt, but ultimately an overrated misfire. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/02/25 Full Review Atlas D. Amazing movie. Will always be my favorite. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/11/25 Full Review Kazi Z Mess violence i love this type movie.actually this is the best movie than dexter series must watch. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/24/25 Full Review Blu B It's very much a product of it's time in all the best and worst ways. I really struggle seeing someone who didn't live through this time period thinking this is good. But at the same token I can see someone who was getting into this as well. To it's credit the story makes perfect sense but everything else is all over. The editing is...alright I guess. Storywise perfectly fine but style & tone is all over the place. This is edited like a MTV music video. Everything else isn't bad though. The cinematography is a trip. This is like if you combined Tarintino characters and a Terry Gilliam world/style together you'd get something like this. It's a weird type of satrizing that almost borders on a student arthouse film at times. It doesn't look real at all and looks like a cheap sitcom at certain points but ironically that's the point. It feels like a fever dream at times as well but that also is on purpose. It's clearly trying to act as a critique on the media frenzy world that creates worshipping of murders and menaces which is unforunately as relevant as when it was made. The two are like a Bonnie & Clyde and the film acts as much as a study on the mindset of how these two could come together as well as what makes us so fasinated with people like this in the second half. This doesn't end the way you would think it does either supirsingly. It's very over the top and you'd never guess this was Oliver Stone behind the camera. I feel like it needed to calm down with the crazy camerawork, cartoon like gonzo acting, very dated editing, and just be made in a consistent manner where the direction and trying to be modern and hip for 1994 ends up dating it and getting in the way of the storytelling in every single frame. Harrelson is great and the best thing here. He's got decent chemistry with Lewis. The best scene is the interview with him just because it calms down. This is a surreal story and characters but it feels like it was directed and put together from multiple different people and films. But when you do strip all that excess and distractions away you have a script that is pretty good actually but just weighed down by questionable execution. If your a fan of Stone or any actors in this than maybe check this out or even 90's crime movie fans. Would'nt mind if this was remade with more consistency. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/24/25 Full Review Jed I 6.3/10 — "Okay"/"Watchable" -(Seen on 6/12/25) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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