Badlands (1973)

Director: Terrence Malick
Writer:    Terrence Malick
Starring:  Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek
Badlands is the film debut by the director Terrence Malick. The film's idea is loosely based on the real life murder spree Charles Starkweather and his girl friend in 1958.
The film is different from other films on serial killing (if you really call it that) in the sense that while most others concentrate on the investigation and the fear generated in the masses, this film is just an account from the other side which would show to us that murders were committed by a trigger happy when faced with vulnerable circumstances. The score of the film is fantastic and one piece is used in the film 'True Romance' which also is a couple road movie.

All in all, Badlands is cool film with a very cool Martin Sheen, whom described it as the best role of his career.

Rating: 4.5/5