Not truly a romance movie

Rating: 6/10 (2 July 2007)

Original director Quentin Tarrantino wrote this movie, but didn't direct it, Tony Scott did. True Romance is about a comic book store clerk named Clarence (played by Christian Slater) who falls in love with a call girl named Alabama (played by Patricia Arquette) after a one night fling. The movie centers around these two characters, and a suitcase full of cocaine Clarence finds after killing Alabama's pimp Drexl (played by Gary Oldman) in his sleazy whore house. After realizing they have a suitcase full of cocaine, this takes them down a journey that involves the mafia, police officials, and the movie industry. I would tell you more, but you should go see it yourself. I gave this 6 stars because I felt the romance part of the movie took away a lot of the excitement (or it could of been Tony Scott's directing ability that did it). I also didn't like the ending because I thought it built you up for something good, then evaporated into nothing. But, there are a couple of good scenes in the movie you will enjoy such as the Sicilian scene between Christopher Walken & Dennis Hopper, and the hotel room scene between James Gandolfini & Patricia Arquette. All in all a fairly entertaining flick.