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Just got reminded of this with someone's great action scene thread

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Have to catch again before reviewing but this was a good movie.

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Also anyone who wants the flip side of this movie - a good one is

Untamed Hearts with Christian Slater & Marisa Tomei

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True Romance and Untamed Heart aare bothj awesome films, but since this is about TR, I'll just say that it is a fun and funny movie.

9/10

Great movie. I'd actually rate this higher than Reservoir Dogs. A

Have to mention the great final shoot-out. I love the ending to it.

But look at this cast. There were so many that even the unbolded ones are very impressive.

Christian Slater .... Clarence Worley
Patricia Arquette .... Alabama Whitman
Dennis Hopper .... Clifford Worley
Val Kilmer .... Elvis, Mentor
Gary Oldman .... Drexl Spivey
Brad Pitt .... Floyd
Christopher Walken .... Vincenzo Coccotti
Bronson Pinchot .... Elliot Blitzer
Samuel L. Jackson .... Big Don
Michael Rapaport .... Dick Ritchie
Saul Rubinek .... Lee Donowitz
Conchata Ferrell .... Mary Louise Ravencroft
James Gandolfini .... Virgil

A

The scene where Gandolfini and Arquette bloody the hell out of each other for 4 or 5 minutes straight in the hotel room in THE modern fight scene in my opinion. Its the new age component to go with those western stand-offs and good ol' kung fu showdowns. I love it.

B+

Movie has one of my all time favorite scenes ( atleast in my top 10 ) which is the Hopper & Walken scene, faaaaantastic scene.

I really liked most of the film, there were parts that seemed uneven though. But the cast is great, and the action sequences are very memorable, I'd give it a low A

Awsome Film, second best QT's ever written

A

The romance is a bit cheesy and the violence is a bit too mean-spirited, but the amazing ensemble cast and the ending more than make up for it. Slater + Arquette are good, but when compared to Hopper, Walken, Oldman, Pitt, Kilmer, Sizemore, Jackson, Gandolfini.... unbelievable. It's too bad that most of the big-names were in glorified cameos; I would have loved to see more Kilmer-as-Elvis (or even his face!) and Oldman-as-pimp. The Sicilian scene was brilliant, as expected, but I really, really dug the final shootout as well. Scott's direction is fairly unremarkable here; it's QT's script that really stands out. I wish it had been left in his original order; i.e. non-linear. But oh well, it's a solid film with some brilliant moments.

Feels too much like the superior Badlands. Down to the score - a little too reminiscent, imo.

it's been about 15 years since i last watched it, so i sat down yesterday to revisit this movie which i regarded as a real gem in my youth. it was somewhat disturbing to watch this material that is 100% tarantino in the hands of tony scott, who directs this thing as if it were "the last boy scout". i think that most of the time his quick cuts work against the really good performances and make this a lesser movie than it should have been. the standout scene here is obviously the walken/hopper confrontation where scott takes a backseat and just lets the actors do their job.

BJs Grade:

A

Watched it about five years back on TV, went out and bought it and watched it again that same day. This film is outstanding, I usually am not much of a Slater fan but he nailed it here. Amazing performances across the board, a real gem.