Bring it On!

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2004)

I speak as a relatively lukewarm fan of Tarantino, but this is one film that he has had a hand in , that I really think deserves a place in the all-time top 200 films.
With hilarious characters :
Christian Slater, in possibly his most entertaining, and well acted [rare, I know] role. Clarence is the core that holds the movie together and I enjoyed watching his slide from comic book nerd to full scale gun-wielding hero. Although we are witness to the descent into Hell, it never has a Straw Dogs kind of push-the-nerd-to-the-limit feel. It comes across that he is just living out his comic book fantasies for real.
Patricia Arquette, full on drop your popcorn screen bomb, the scene in the phonebox has to be one of the sweetest and sexiest couple of minutes a guy could ever dream of. Ah, sweet Alabama.
Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper play what to them must be light entertainment roles. But the heart is in it (unlike many so-called cameos in movies these days) and they bring the whole thing a lovely feeling of an ensemble piece.
Not forgetting the rest of the crowd, and some incredibly funny set pieces (witness the cocaine in the car, and the 'who the f**k is Dick?' sequence). This is a movie for a lonely or sad Saturday afternoon. Slap it in the DVD and sit back.
The plot follows along at a very snappy pace and the conclusion, complete with the ultimate hommage to shiny guns and cigarettes (Freud, would you please like to comment? :-), leaves us content and satisfied, Heavens it almost has a touch of skewed Disney movie about it. And the catchiest theme to go with it.
Great stuff.