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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

True Romance
1993
***
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Michael Rapaport

Clarence, an Elvis-obsessed movie buff, and Alabama, a kind-hearted call girl, fall in love and get married. When the couple accidentally end up with a suitcase full of cocaine, they leave the town. Tony Scott's entertaining but disposable crime flick was written by Quentin Tarantino, whose fingerprint is all over the pulpy screenplay, which features plenty of violence and references to comic books and obscure kung-fu movies, but no storytelling gimmicks. The film includes some well-written characters, but sadly this doesn't include Alabama, who has no agency of her own. The performances are good, though.