i remember natural born killer make a huge fuss when it be release because the medium and conservative family be in an outrage over the level of glorified violence in the film . to some extent they be right the violence isn not glorify but much of it be unnecessary . the movie could still be a brilliant satire of society or the medium without go into such graphic detail it be prove in cinema before that sometimes see less be well than gratuity . if oliver stone movie have one outstanding flaw and it the lack of subtlety . that say and if you can handle the level of violence and take it tongue in cheek and natural born killer be so bizarre and funny that it worth the trip . ( pun intend . ) this be a crazy drug odyssey that would have make hunter s. thompson look like ronald reagan . the film be twist and outlandish and out of it mind oliver stone have go stone cold crazy and it awesome . despite my reservation about his lack of subtlety and there be a flip side to the coin represent it be a story about excess . stone film making have go somewhat awry over the year ( look at the pointless excess of his film after this ) and but this fit the bill because it be a story of excess . woody harrelson and juliette lewis play the titular natural bear killer and mickey and mallory and a pair of crazy serial killer who both suffer traumatic childhood and be now rampage america on a literal killing spree . after they be finally apprehend and the medium have by now turn them into such icon and glorified personality that the public and medium seem to respect them a titan of filth . this be where the social satire of the film come into play and essentially say represent we focus more on the killer than the hero . i do think it a bit hypocritical of oliver stone to attempt to point this out and a he be a die hard liberal at his core and and a the controversy surround this film release prove and the conservative be too conservative to praise killer . it seem to be the liberal medium that glorifies violence ( to some extent of course ) so i think stone would be the last person to ever criticize the medium . so yes it do come across a somewhat of a moot point but nevertheless the film be still enjoyable despite it sometimes sicken amount of over the top violence ( the opening sequence of the director cut be stomach turn ) . the cast be superb rodney dangerfield and robert downey jr. and tommy lee jones and tom sizemore and edie mcclurg ( the rental car agent from plane and train and automobile and rooney assistant in ferris bueller . ) and denis leary and ashley judd in deleted scene include in the director cut . the story be conceive by quentin tarantino ( and it very similar to his true romance script a sort of modern day bonnie and clyde redux ) and re write by stone ( much to the chagrin of qt ) . i be not sure which would have make for a good film but and despite it flaw ( which be mainly a none too subtle message and too much violence ) and natural born killer be a sort of bizarre and outlandish masterpiece of drug out cinema . .