****1/2 out of 5

Rating: Null/10 (31 August 2002)

Movies don't get much more well rounded than this. If the fact that Quentin Tarantino provided the script for this romance/action/dark comedy than maybe the huge cast of Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Denis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Saul Rubinek, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Sizemore and Chris Penn will. Clarence and Alabama (Slater and Arquette) are on the run across America from the police and the mobe after Clarence kills Alabama's pimp and accidentitly steals his cocain, who he plans to sell to a big time movie producer (Rubinek). The script is a wild ride that is over the top and unbelievably fun. All the performances are superb, especially Christopher Walken as one bad ass gangster. Brad Pitt also provides some memorably amusing scenes as Floyd, a stoner roommate. Tarantino's script is fill of surprises and twists at every corner. I pose a question to all of you, tell me one action movie that doesn't have romance of some sort in it. Of course you can't, all action has romance, it is a marketing sceme to appeal to a larger audience. But this is not an action movie at all, no in fact it is a romance film with the odd gun battle and fist fight, think Thelma and Louise meets Pulp Fiction. All in all a great entertaining romp that will have you laughing and biting your nails with excitement while not killing a single brain cell. Who would have thought love could be this fun?