Review – Natural Born Killers

Unnaturally bored audience. Who would ever have thought an endless parade of jump-cut violence could possibly be this dull? Of course a big part of the problem is that Oliver Stone appears to have set himself about the task of creating a movie that would upset the critics. Sure, he’s trying to pass this off as commentary on the sad state of a nation obsessed with killing, but the message is far too ham-handed and silly to have much of an impact. Some of Stone’s visual techniques are innovative (or at least they were when this first came out), and most of the cast turns in solid performances. Beyond that, however, the whole ugly mess is just too dumb to work on any level above crude comedy. See if desperate