i have see kalifornia before ( must be about 10 year ago ) and i still remember to be very impressed by it . that why i want to see it again and all i can say be that it still hasn not lose it power and even though i be use to a lot more when it come to movie than that i be ten year ago . kalifornia tell the tale of the writer brian kessler and his girlfriend carrie laughlin and a photographer and who want to move to california . but instead of step on a plain and fly right to the state where they say it never rain and they choose to make a trip by car . he want to write a book about america most famous serial killer and she will make the matching picture . but because their car use an enormous amount of petrol and they decide to take another couple with them and so they can spread the cost of the trip . only one couple have answer the add and so they will automatically be the lucky one . but they haven not meet each other yet and when see the other couple for the first time and when their trip have already start and carrie be shock . without want to be prejudice and she can only conclude that early grayce and adele corner be poor white trailer park trash . she definitely doesn not want them in her car and but brian doesn not really mind to take them with them and decide to stop and pick them up anyway . at first the couple doesn not seem to be that bad after all and but gradually early grayce change from a trashy hillbilly into a remorseless murderer . not only be the story very impressive and so be the act from our four lead . brad pitt be incredible a early grayce . his performance in this movie may well be his best ever . the same for juliette lewis . she play the childish and naive girlfriend that doesn not want to hear a bad word about her early and do that really very well . but david duchovny and michelle forbes be a surprise as well . they both do a very good job and i really wonder why we never hear anything from forbes again since this movie and because she really prove to have a lot of talent . overall this be a very good and impressive psychological thriller with a very powerful story and but because of the graphic violence and i can imagine that it may not be to everybody taste ( although i do not really see another way how to portray a serial killer in a believable way ) . personally i really like this movie a lot and the violence never bother me ( it a part of the story that too important to be leave out ) . i reward this movie with an positive .