Starring: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
Certificate: 15
Genre: Drama, Crime
Awards: None
After seeing The Tree Of Life, I was a bit apprehensive in dipping my toe back into the dreamy pool of imagery that is Terrence Malick. Luckily, Badlands is nowhere near as pretentious. The voiceovers are still there and the beautiful imagery, but this time they go hand in had with the plot.Based on a real story, Badlands sees 25 year old Kit (Sheen) and 15 year old Holly (Spacek) fall for each other against the latter's father's wishes. After then shooting the father (Oates), the two lovers try to escape from the authorities, killing anyone in their path.
This isn't a film where you will find grim dirty realism. Both the main characters seem to spend most of the time with their head in the clouds making everything seem quite surreal. Adding to this Spacek's un-emotive voiceover that explains love and murder in the same tones.
If you want to get into Malick, it would be re
commendable to start with Badlands as there is enough plot to keep you satisfied along with the directors extraordinary talent in making a film as beautiful as can be.
****Good
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