An Elmore Leonard crime-story, filmed in a modern flashy way by Quentin Tarantino...

Rating: 8/10 (15 September 1998)

Although this movie was directed by Quentin Tarantino, it differs from his earlier work (e.g. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction). This is because the screenplay was adapted from a story by crime-novelist Elmore Leonard. His influence is very clear to see (compare the style of the movie for example with Get Shorty, another movie that was based on a Leonard story), but the fact that Tarantino directs can be seen by several flashbacks and the 'nouvelle violence'that made him famous. Though I think the movie is somehow overlong, a Tarantino -- as well as a Leonard -- fan shouldn't miss it for the world...