Natural Born Killers is the story of two young lovers (Harrelson & Lewis) who are just having a good time. The only problem is the way they get that good time. It's by killing people whenever they want and whenever they feel like it. Of course, this is a horrible thing to do and it's too sadistic to even think about. So we must stop them by any means necessary. As the story goes on, we realize that the people that are trying to stop them are just as equally insane in their own way as the two main characters.

A premise like this could only come from one man and that is Quentin Tarantino. However, the movie version of his story is nothing like the idea that he came up with and that's why his name doesn't come to mind when we think of this. The name that does is Oliver Stone. Stone has done many things that were controversial when they were released and he's influenced many young filmmakers to push the envelope just enough as to say that this is original. When this particular film… more »

Natural Born Killers is the story of two young lovers (Harrelson & Lewis) who are just having a good time. The only problem is the way they get that good time. It's by killing people whenever they want and whenever they feel like it. Of course, this is a horrible thing to do and it's too sadistic to even think about. So we must stop them by any means necessary. As the story goes on, we realize that the people that are trying to stop them are just as equally insane in their own way as the two main characters.

A premise like this could only come from one man and that is Quentin Tarantino. However, the movie version of his story is nothing like the idea that he came up with and that's why his name doesn't come to mind when we think of this. The name that does is Oliver Stone. Stone has done many things that were controversial when they were released and he's influenced many young filmmakers to push the envelope just enough as to say that this is original. When this particular film came out, we thought he'd gone too far.

And yet, you don't here much about this movie today. It's over a decade old now and it's had enough time to sink in with the public. When I finally got around to seeing this film, it didn't seem nearly as violent and corruptive as people made it out to be. But I didn't see it when it first came out. No, I saw it only about a year ago. There were many things going through my head about why a film like this isn't as contentious as it once was. I've come to realize and remember that back in 1994, a mostly pre-Tarantino world, our lives weren't as defiled by the media as they are today.