This movie about a pair of unsophisticated people from central Texas (played by Gil Bellows and Renee Zellweger) running from debt collectors and a dangerous former boyfriend (Rory Cochrane), while planning a hasty wedding and an escape to Mexico, aims for quirky satire but ultimately feels forced. "Love and a .45" (1994) is a darkly humorous crime film drawing on the Charles Starkweather killing spree of January 1958, where he had a teenage girlfriend with him. Other films have also been influenced by this true story: “Badlands” (1973), “Kalifornia” (1993), and “Natural Born Killers” (1994). Starkweather was executed by electric chair seventeen months after the killings. It’s safe to say that filmmaking sensibilities were different back then. While "Badlands" and “Kalifornia” adopted a more grounded approach, this film attempts satire in the style of “Natural Born Killers,” but it strains for an offbeat, outsider vibe and lacks depth. In contrast, “Pulp Fiction” simply succeeded without needing to push so hard; it felt authentic and wasn’t superficial. Still, there are some worthwhile elements if you're interested in movies about low-class people behaving erratically: Zellweger is at her best, even more than she was in "Empire Records" (1995); Cochrane commits fully to his role; and Bellows manages to be a sympathetic villain. The film’s length is 1 hour and 42 minutes, and it was filmed in Texas, specifically Bastrop and Austin. GRADE: C/C-

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