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Excellent, Underated and Often Unfairly Overlooked *****

True Romance is one of those great films that was rather unfairly and bizarrely largely ignored on its original theatrical release but its really hard to know why. Its not because of the script/screenplay, that was written by the great Quentin Tarantino, with all the trademark flourishes youd expect, with witty dialogue and great set-pieces that leave you quoting them for weeks. Its not because its got a poor cast or poor acting. Apart from the leads, Christian Slater and the wonderful Patricia Arquette (in undoubtedly their greatest screen performances), this movie has a cast list like a whose who of great screen actors; Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman and Christopher Walken. It also boasts a great cameo performance from Brad Pitt and a superb supporting performance from (the then not so famous) James Gandolfino. Val Kilmer and Samuel L. Jackson even turn up too in blink and youll miss it performances. This is a great movie, a cool movie, a funny movie and an action movie. Directed by Tony Scott, one of the best (if not the best) action movie directors around, True Romance is the story of Alabama (Arquette) and Clarence (Slater) young newlywed lovers on the run with a stolen suitcase full of $5m worth of the mafias coke, which they intend to sell. But as the old saying goes, the path to true love never runs smooth and a battle of wits ensues between Clarence, the police and the mob leading to a classic finale in this action packed film. As a whole, this movie works beautifully but on DVD its even better because you can access all your favourite classic scenes that unmistakeably bare Tarantinos hallmark again and again. Such as the opening scene where the heterosexual Clarence (Slater) states that hed sleep with Elvis if he were still alive, or the showdown between Clarence and dreadlocked gangster (Oldman). Or the showdown between the mob boss (Walken) and Clarences Dad (Hopper). Classic scenes indeed, particularly the one with Walken and Hopper. Its hard to believe this movie was made back in 1993 because its still as fresh, still as cool and still looks as enjoyable as it was back then. I just love this movie and if you havent seen it yet I hope you will too.

A bona fide classic!!!

What can one say about True Romance? The film is absolute class. It has action, humour, a little depth and an unbelievable all star cast (theres Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Dennis Hopper, even the guy who played Balki in that eighties comedy show Perfect Strangers). What probably adds to the greatness of the movie is the fact that it is Tony Scott directing, not Tarantino, who never really seems to get the best out of his own material when he is directing it himself, as he likes to fragment the narrative a little too much at times. True Romance, in the original script, kept on flashing back and forward a la Reservoir Dogs, but Tony Scott decided to make it linear and the movie is probably a lot tighter and better for it. I could not recommend this movie highly enough and the best thing about the DVD version is when it says its uncut, thats exactly what it is, whereas the VHS version says its uncut, when, in actuality, it has been cut pretty heavily.

True Romance

One of the best films ever made. This film has everything in my opinion from a man and a womans point of view.