When Brian Kessler and his girlfriend Carrie plan a road trip across country to photograph and document famous locations and murder scenes of serial killers, they forget one thing, they are almost broke. In desperation the two post an ad at the local college looking for someone to share expenses on the trip from the east coast to the west coast. The ad will be answered by Early Grayce and his girlfriend Adele and they’re in for one hell of a trip.

This is the movie that made Brad Pitt less of a pretty boy and truly one great actor as he delivers an excellent, disturbing and forceful performance.

As Early, Pitt is a white trash unremorseful and unfeeling character who does whatever is necessary to fulfill his needs and desires, regardless of right and wrong.

Next to Fight Club and 12 Monkeys, this is Pitt's best performance ever. Along with Pitt, Juliette Lewis plays the dimwitted Adele Corners, Early's naive trailer-park princess, as sexy as she is pitiful, Lewis captures the character of Adele with uncanny precision. Rounding out the cast as Brian and Carrie are David Duchovny and Carrie Laughlin. Duchovny is the perfect wishy-washy WASP foil to Pitt's ignorant redneck.

Kalifornia is packed with violence, intensity and at times raw sexuality that seems to jump off the screen. If you’re a fan of Natural Born Killers, Cape Fear, American Psycho or movies of that genre, then Kalifornia will not disappoint you in any way. Driven by Pitt's performance, Kalifornia is a full on road rage assault, that will leave you asking "Adele, what kinda coo-coo bird keeps a cactus in her purse?"

8/10