Review of True Romance (1993) by Rcavey92212 — 12 Jul 2020

This movie is criminally underseen. It's one of the flicks Tarantino has ever written and Tony Scott has ever filmed. Filled with romance, inspired characters, solid charasmatic performances and ultra violence this is without a doubt one of my favorite films. The film tells the tale of Alabama played by an amazing Patricia Arquette and Clarence a "so cool" Christian Slater in possibly his best performance. Shes a call girl his friends hire for him. They immediately fall in love and he tries to free her from her violent pimp played by a surprising Gary Oldman. It of course goes wrong and he ends up grabbing the wrong suitcase, one filled with cocaine. They of course go on down to Hollywood to try and sell it and before they know it they have the cops, the mafia and a bunch of criminals after them. The movie is well written the screenplay is smart and overly romantic with some great comedy and action. And it's all just so well executed by Tony Scott. It's really one of the best films ever. Although it floundered at the box office it has since found a most deserved cult following. Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Michael Rappaport, Chris Penn, Val Kilmer, Samuel L. Jackson, Saul Rubinek, Conchata Ferrell and Tom Sizemore also star.

Budget: $12.5M.

Box Office: $12.