''I haven't killed anybody since 1984''

Rating: 9/10 (3 April 2002)

One of two scripts that were sold to finance Reservoir Dogs (the other was Natural Born Killers), the script was slightly rewritten, the story told in linear. So why is True Romance better than NBK?

Because of the sheer demonic energy.

The direction by Tony Scott is fast, furious with bright surfaces (making this a bit like a cartoon). The ensemble cast (Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette) all play their roles to perfection.

Just one point: Tom Sizemore plays a cop in this movie, just like he does in Natural Born Killers.