Synopsis
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.
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Cast
- Brad PittEarly Grayce
- David DuchovnyBrian Kessler
- Juliette LewisAdele Corners
- Michelle ForbesCarrie Laughlin
- Sierra PecheurMrs. Musgrave
- John DullaghanMr. Musgrave
- Kathy LarsonTeenage Girl
- David MilfordDriver
- Judson VaughnParole Officer
- John ZarchenPeter
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
The suspense screws up tighter than a drum-head. The characters remain believable; we have a conflict of personalities, not stereotypes. The action coexists seamlessly with the message. - 80
Variety
Though somewhat overplayed and coy about its destination, the film packs a helluva wallop. - 75
Rolling Stone
This kinky game of murder and eroticism is preposterous but never boring. - 67
Austin Chronicle
The best thing this film has going for it are the outstanding performances of Pitt and Lewis as a sort of white trash Romeo and Juliet cum Henry Lee and Becky. Pitt is especially believable, so much so that he eerily captures the sociopathic persona of a real-life killer from a true-crime book: the thin, easy-going veneer that masks an evil sense of an absent conscience. - 63
ReelViews
Kalifornia is disturbing, and, while it doesn't overdo the blood, neither is the violence understated. - 60
Empire
Former pop promo director Sena knows how to give a glossy sheen to the blank surfaces and rough edges of roadside America, but the results look cheap and shoddy rather than seductively challenging. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Unrelenting and predictable, this pretentious collaboration between a music video director and the writer of "Revenge of the Nerds" covers all of the bases now required in a road movie thriller, to precious little dramatic effect. - 50
Washington Post
The movie is so beautifully filmed by Bojan Bazelli, and so skillfully edited, that its art house surface belies its exploitation content, making this a trip through a cool world rather than a cruel one.
