Imagine Terrence Malick's Badlands done as black comedy, with the rural atmosphere of Psycho and dialogue rubbed against flint.
Overview
Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.
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Top critics, in their words
If this scenario sounds like stock film-noir plotting, Bill Bennett ... makes something utterly fresh and, for all its scent of evil, invigorating out of it.
I've seen countless road movies, but this one felt different, as if it had an unbalanced flywheel.
The picture's velocity, style, irreverence, unexpected playful humor and new take on the noir genre make it worth a look.
Really does feel original and authentically creepy.
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