A True Masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (5 May 2004)

I discovered this buried treasure two years ago and was completely blown away. For a film that has often been dubbed a movie geek's wet dream, it sure is a great ride.
As a film he wrote before he ever did Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino's script, brought to life by director Tony Scott, is considered to be a trashy first film where everything is ridiculously and overblown for the sake of being overblown. But QT acknowledged this, and anyone who finds fault in this and likes his other films needs to recognize that this is a tribute to such films in the manner of Jackie Brown (Black exploitation) and Kill Bill (grindhouse cinema).
This film packs all the genres in just like Tarantino's other scripts, but this one benefits from one major thing: romance. Many of the most ardent fans praise this as the reason they like this above all his work. And if that doesn't suit you, the film's got a dozen more genres packed in.