notamoviefan watched this movie recently. The production is amateurish, the storyline is rife with inaccuracy and the acting is more a parody than a serious effort at portraying a role. The cast and director of the movie should be ashamed of themselves and the writer should take an introductory course in reading comprehension so that he is better able to appreciate facts before writing his next plot. All in all, an absolute waste of time to watch this movie. There are a bunch of bloomers that have been pointed out in other sections and it merely illustrates the absolutely incompetence, and tardiness of the the group of less than intelligent people who took it into their hearts and mind that they were actually capable of making a movie.

indian_on_a_harley I can't for the life of me figure out why Hollywood can't seem to make a GOOD movie about such incredibly fascinating stories. True life has given us amazing material in characters like Ted Bundy, The Manson Family and in this case Charles Starkweather & Caril Ann Fugate.... And yet the screenwriters deliver tripe like this. WHY?? You had sooo much to work with!Looking at other reviews, I need not go into many of the film's details here, except to add a few comments....Yes.... The movie was shot on location in Acton & Lancaster, CA - NOT Nebraska. I could tell instantly, as I grew up in Lancaster and lived near the Nebraska/Wyoming border for over 10 years! The two barely even resemble one another. That seems to me to be a stupid mistake that could have and SHOULD have been avoided.Others here have recommended the movie "Badlands" instead. I would caution any reader that BADLANDS WAS BASED ON THE "IDEA" OF THIS CASE - NOT THE FACTS!! .... Whatever merits Badlands has as a film (and it has FAR more than this movie), it is not about this case. The characters aren't even named Charlie & Caril Ann. Badlands is a work of fiction "inspired by" this case. I just felt that someone here needed to point that out.And on a film-related note.... Those like myself who love the true crime genre should go out of their way to avoid the obnoxious garbage that has flooded this otherwise fascinating arena in recent years. Namely those "one-name" films such as this one that you find on video shelves like "BUNDY" or "GACY" or "DAHMER". All of them complete garbage not worth the disc they're burned on. To call them factually inaccurate would be kind. It is painfully clear that the director and writers never even so much as cracked a book on ANY of those cases. They knew nothing whatsoever about the people they were portraying!! Stay clear of them all!!Recommended viewing in the true crime genre....On Ted Bundy: The Deliberate StrangerOn The Manson Family: MANSON by Robert Hendrickson (AWESOME!!)On The Zodiac Killer: ZODIAC by David Fincher (A few inaccuracies, but a top notch cast & cinematography make up for it)As far as Charles Starkweather & Caril Ann Fugate go, I'll recommend the same thing I would for any of these cases.... See a documentary!! You're always going to get as close to facts as possible and a much better production every time - guaranteed.--

lastliberal I have seen some bad movies before, but this takes the cake. 90 minutes of my life wasted - gone forever- down the drain. What I thought might be an interesting story about a serial killer was so bad that it was painful to watch.Shannon Lucio (from the OC) and Brent Taylor gave totally uninspiring performances that appeared devoid of feeling. What little dialog they had was useless. This film could have been made as a silent and it would't have mattered.I should have know something was going to be wrong when the two met in December and he is getting yelled at in January for getting her pregnant. "She's as big as a house," yes her father. I kid you not.Finally, the chase scene at the end was absolutely the worst I have ever seen. I could have beat them on a bicycle. He was going so slow that even though he had the window down, he was able to light one of his Strikes. Starkweather kept trying to pass on the right when there was no oncoming traffic! I want my 90 minutes back!

rayLUHR This movie wasn't bad, other than some bad acting and the occasional bites of cops being stupid and funny when they shouldn't be. I have read a lot of books about Charles Starkweather and I think this movie did a really good job of telling the story. I didn't like that they made it seem more of a love story and also put comedic points in the movie when it didn't need it. Yes this story did happen. The movie also didn't show how Charlie and Caril turned on each other after they got caught. So in all this movie is good except for some bad acting and lines that don't have to be in the movie.