Charles Starkweather is not a civil rights martyr. He killed 11 people for his "Teen Queen". I haven't seen this movie & know the story. He was so bad that even President Eisenhower wanted to see him die in the electric chair in person. However he sent an aide as his stand-in. But The Question remains this: What has happened since June 25th, 1959 when Starkweather paid for his sins in the electric chair? The evil did not die when Starkweather paid the price. We had "Birmingham Sunday" and then JFK was killed in Dallas. We heard about Richard Speck & Charles Whitman, We saw the demise of Dr. King & Senator Kennedy & then we heard about Charles Manson & his Family. And before that what about Mi Lai? At least Lt. Calley didn't ended up like Starkweather for his role in Mi Lai. We had Kent State & The Munich Olympics where The PLO terrorists killed 11 Isareli Athletes, that's how many Starkweather killed. In time we see The Jonestown Massacre, The Iran scene, The demise of John Lennon, and other events leading to "9/11". There are so many events that makes Charles Starkweather look like Fred Rogers. However I did have a nightmare that there was an event in Lincoln, NE where a plague would kill off children & teenagers or Lincoln, NE would end up like Hiroshima, Japan, 8/6/1945 & the spirit of Charles Starkweather gets the last laugh. However on the 50th Anniversary of his death we lose Farrah Fawcett to cancer and we lose "The King of Pop", Michael Jackson. At least Lincoln, NE didn't get nuked. And I'm glad my dreams are false. However there is still bad elements out there post-1959. And it seems that Charles Starkweather in spirit has the last laugh on us & Starkweather is Lincoln's answer to "Freddy Krueger". And that's it on this subject. Starkweather is no civil rights martyr. Marcus Brainard

The story about two lovers travelling around and killing people has been done already, and a lot better I might add. I know this is a recollection of a true story, but that shouldn't be an excuse, all these bases have already been covered. It has also been brought up before, but this movie has quite a lot of bothersome mistakes. Especially the fact that it's summer in January is really an eyesore, sometimes it seems like they just really didn't care. However, I can't say this movie is all bad. It has a very good pace to it, which makes it feel short and to the point. The movie also captures the cruelty of its main characters pretty well, especially the scene with the parents is pretty effective. And then the little girl walks into the room. The actors are also pretty good, except for a hilariously cheesy performance by the guy who plays the devil who has to show way too much of his face. Of course the girl is also way too pretty, but it's Hollywood, what did you expect? This movie is not bad, but gives me a lot of déja-vus.

Awful, awful, awful. Brent Taylor as Starkweather is passable, barely, as is Shannon Lucio. I'd give either another watch in something else - for a second chance. But here they're stuck in a formulaic, unimaginative script that seems terribly impressed with itself and its import. Worse, one senses the director cackling as he imagines how stunned we'll be seeing the murderous pair casually watch television, oblivious to blood still splattered (oh-so-artfully) across their faces. Excerpts from an episode of "Ozzie and Harriett" play in the BG as Caril-Ann's family is slaughtered. Goodness, how ironic! I note that actor Jerry Kroll's very few credits are also among those listed for Dir. Byron Werner. (Kroll was the sheriff.) Given Kroll's performance here, one has to assume Werner sees something in him that NO ONE else can.This film is packed with many more eye-rolling moments like those described above, and some truly appalling performances. Sheriff Karnopp and his partner - Al Sepianza - are especially dreadful; wooden, self-aware and thoroughly unconvincing. (Sepianza, a reliable, workman-like actor, seems to be performing for a film other than the one we're seeing. I just can't figure out if he's awful, if he's horribly miscast, or if he was terribly misled by the so-called director.) I gather Starkweather was shot with Acton, CA. and Palmdale, CA. passing for Nebraska and Wyoming. But I honestly thought the embarrassing performances unintentionally gave (desperately needed) credibility to the locale. That is, one had no trouble imagining they were shooting in the hinterlands of Nebraska, and so hired every last local community theater player to appear in major roles. The Governor, the "rich lady" and her maid, the happy, sweet couple, the patrolman coming upon the killers on the highway, Sheriff Karnopp and the deputy...and on, and on, and on.For a quick example of the hideous editing and directing, catch the patrolman radioing information in as he spots Starkweather wrestling a prospective victim - eventually PASSING the pair wrestling over a gun, and the subsequent "chase" scene (The deputy seems to "rack" his shotgun two or three times before every ridiculous shot).Even the wardrobe wanders from merely pedestrian to truly ridiculous. Witness the sheriff's ludicrous outfits throughout, and the "rich ladies" absurd housecoat and head wrap. The clothes put me in mind of the "it's best we can do" scrounging of college kids producing a short film... kids who are actually in the college's veterinary program.I rank the movie a TWO only because I save ONEs for movies that are this bad AND include (intentional) scatological elements. Starkweather rated R, and that should be R for "It's just Rful."

This movie was better than i thought it would be but the movie was still a little bit crap the movies about a true story about how a man and his girlfriend go on a killing spree killing 11 people in 1958.The movie stars actors like Shannon Lucio from the t.v show the o.c,Brent Taylor,Jerry Kroll and Lance Henriksen.The acting in this film is OK but it could of been better and the movie is entertaining from start to finish and i recommend this film to rent but save your money and do not bye this movie.Shannon Lucio does an OK acting job in this movie and so does Brent Taylor and over all this movie was OK and my rating is 5 out of 10.