Badlands
Film197394 min

Badlands

Taste attributes: crimedramaactionvehiclesfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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"In 1959, a lot of people were killing time. Kit and Holly were killing people."

Boxlist takeFast-moving and uncomplicated: an expansive crime drama. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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Synopsis

A dramatization of the Starkweather-Fugate killing spree of the 1950s, in which a teenage girl and her twenty-something boyfriend slaughtered her entire family and several others in the Dakota badlands.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

all consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Martin SheenSissy SpacekWarren OatesRamon BieriAlan Vint

Details

Genre
Crime
Year
1973
Runtime
94 min
Status
Released
Studio
Badlands Company
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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