Needless violence in the film (film), Natural Born KillersDaily, the public is bombarded with violence, not only on television, but also in other media, such as newspapers and tabloids. Natural Born Killers, a prime example of media violence, is a film about two lovers, Mickey and Mallory Knox, who go on a killing spree across the Southwest. The film takes a satirical look at the way the media romanticizes violent crime. Natural Born Killers has generated much controversy, as evidenced by the opposing views of Richard Corliss and Richard A. Blake. According to Time magazine's Richard Corliss, Natural Born Killers is "the perfect recipe for a madcap parable of greed and abuse." ". Corliss describes with great enthusiasm the film's main characters – Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis – as "lovelorn thugs... two condemned maniacs busy mythologizing themselves"; Tom Sizemore as a "brutal detective" hoping to capture them; Robert Downey, Jr., a tabloid reporter who wants to "exploit their exploits by making them media darlings" and Tommy Lee Jones as a "crazy fool";...