Kalifornia movie review & film summary (1993)
"Be careful what you ask for. You may get it." Old saying. Once in a very long while I see a film that cuts through the surface of movie violence, and says something important about the murderous energies at loose in society. "Kalifornia" is such a film - terrifying and horrifying, yes, but also unflinchingly honest, and so well acted that for most of the film I abandoned any detachment and just watched it as if I were observing the lives of real people. The film brings together four people who are, by themselves, fairly recognizable types. But while an ordinary film would simply plug them in...
Source: rogerebert.com
