Kalifornia

REVIEW
An unnerving and at times nauseating thriller for the art-house set. Duchovny costars and narrates as a free-lance writer with a fascination for serial killers. Bereft of ideas for his book, he and his photographer girlfriend (Forbes) plan a road trip from Georgia to L.A. visiting the sites of famous murders along the way. Short on cash, they solicit a rideshare and wind up with Pitt and Lewis, the poorest white trash to hit the screen since Pink Flamingos. Put these two couples in a '60s Lincoln convertible and you've got the recipe for a nightmarish ride across the Southern heartland. Pitt redefines the term psychopath with his portrayal of a filthy, beer-guzzling, grizzle-faced parolee (for what we never learn). Director Sena creates a cinematic pastiche, straddling the line between hip atmospheric character study and pure quease-inducing terror.