
Badlands
Taste attributes: crimedramaactionvehiclesfasttried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
"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
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Details
- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 1973
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Badlands Company
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











