Genre:
Thriller
Directed
by: Dominic Sena
Cast:
Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes
Running
time: 118 minutes
Brian Kessler is a journalist who has just
gotten a book deal to write about serial killers. To study the subject matter and visit famous murder sites, he decides to
travel by car from Pittsburgh to California with his girlfriend Carrie, a
photographer. Wanting to cut costs, he posts an ad looking for traveling
partners. Early Grace and his girlfriend Adele get on board, but what Brian and
Carrie fail to realize at first is that Early is a psychopath out on parole who
was not supposed to leave town.
Kalifornia is a thrilling road movie that keeps
you guessing with a compelling storyline and some strong unpredictable
characters. We get some really solid filmmaking here.
The highlight for me is Brad Pitt’s
performance. Over the years, Pitt has not always delivered strong performances.
As Early Grace, though, he stabs his way through the screen with an amazingly
realistic performance. You forget the actor and you look at a man whose path
you would never want to cross in a million years.
Juliette Lewis is also very good as young and
innocent Adele, a child in a woman’s body who fails to realize how much of a
bad fellow her man truly is. Lewis is so good she makes you care about her
character. You just want to hug her and protect her.
David Duchovny’s performance was a weak point
to me. He was given some good material with his character, but I just did not
feel it with him. Michelle Forbes was pretty good as Carrie, Brian Kessler’s
girlfriend, the first one in the group to realize there might be something
really wrong with Early.
All things considered, Kalifornia remains a
very good road thriller that is well worth a couple of hours of your time if
you have yet to see it. If you have seen it already, watch it again, even if it
is just to see Brad Pitt at his best as an actor.
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