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True Romance begins where Badlands ends.
Think of Clarence (Christian Slater) in "True Romance" as Kit Carruther's (Martin Sheen) illegitimate kid from "Badlands"..And you start to get the picture, and the intended or unintended overlaps..Both sets of couples in both movies are on the dead run from trouble and or the law, Kit on a serial killing spree up in the Dakota's, and Clarence from Alabama's (Patricia Arquette) dead pimp's crew, and later Chistopher Walken's Sicilian drug trafficking warlords..One major difference however, Clarence didn't intentionally rip anybody off, he just incidentally grabbed the wrong suitcase, stuffed with a cache of cocaine, implying in the grander scheme, a more innocent, less sinister, anti-hero, trying to do the right thing by his girl, by the way, hotter than a four alarm fire!..Both "Badlands" and "True Romance" are "roadie" cross country flicks, and utilize the same haunting background score, originally made familiar in Terrence Malick's "Badlands"..See both movies in tandem at your earliest convenience, and then studiously compare them..You won't be dissapointed in either effort..And further, will undoubtedly notice the striking similarities, those familial ties..The families that slay together, stay together!

Excellent
I was always content with my single disc director's cut of "True Romance", the 1993 classic directed by Tony Scott, written by Quentin Tarrentino and starring a fantastic set of actors. However, when I learned there was a two disc special edition complete with even more deleted material plus many other special features, the first thing I said to myself was...I gotta get this.

And man, is it awesome. The deleted material is excellent. The first feature I watched (well, listened to) was the audio commentary by the film's stars, Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette. It was insightful, informative and often hilarious, and I liked how they stayed in character for the better half of the commentary. There's also insight from Scott and Tarrentino. Co-stars Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt and Michael Rapaport go over their respective scenes (admittedly, Rapaport's went on a little long, and I wish Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Brosnon Pinchott, James Gandolfini and many of the film's other great actors contributed as well). There's a great featurette that lets you go inside the movie, plus many other great stuff.

This is one dvd that belongs in your collection. Get it as soon as possible.

Cult Hit I suppose
This was just not a movie I enjoyed, however there are those out there that loved this movie. This just simply wasn't for me. I would imagine that if you liked "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas" or maybe even "Natural Born Killers" then you might like this one. Otherwise, I say pass.

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