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True Romance
Unrated Version
Runtime: 2 hr 1min
Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper

MFG Rating: 4/5

DVD Features

Video: Although not widescreen enhanced the video quality here is excellent. The colors are vibrant and there's no sign of video noise or artifacts.

Audio: Although it only supports Dolby Digital 2.0, they did a good job. The sound is full and rich and the music sounds excellent. Don't let the fact that it doesn't support 5.1 keep you away from this one.

Extras: The obligatory trailer. However this is the director's cut of the movie, so you get some extra footage in the film itself.

DVD Quick Take

This is a Quentin Tarantino movie that is not a Quentin Tarantino film. It is part of what is a loose trilogy written by Tarantino consisting of Reservoir Dogs, True Romance and Pulp Fiction. Quentin sold this story in order to get the money to do Pulp Fiction. So although this one is directed by Tony Scott of Top Gun fame, it becomes very obvious from the story and the dialog that this is pure Tarantino.

The story is a romance in a twisted kinda way. Clarence meets Alabama and marries her, but their life quickly gets all screwed up as they end up being pursued by the mob. The story is basically just an excuse to showcase some good quality dialog interlaced with violence. Not that we have any problem with that!

This is an excellent movie with an allstar cast making appearances during different segments of the movie. The quality of the DVD is excellent even though a bit dated. You wont get alot of extras, but this is the director's cut. I really wish that they would remaster this movie and release it with Dolby Digital 5.1 and widescreen enhanced, but as is it is still an excellent reproduction of a great movie.

- Billy Bob

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Gun Play
                   
Hey, Tarantino wrote it, what do you expect?


Blood & Gore
                   
A couple of truly violent scenes yield alot of blood.


Car Chases
                   
No chases, but Clarence gives his Eldorado hell...


T&A
                   
A couple of peeks while Clarence and Alabama slam ham.

Chuckles
                   
It's dark and twisted, but the usual Tarantino dialog produces some chuckles.