Stealing. Cheating. Killing. Who Said Romance is Dead?

Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Samuel L. Jackson

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ - great

"We're gonna have a little Q&A, and at the risk of sounding redundant, please... make your answers genuine." - Vincenzo Coccotti

Why watch this? This violent cross-country chase combined a Tarantino script and Tony Scott's brutal action direction.

Plot Summary: Clarence Worley is a comic book enthusiast who falls in love with and marries Alabama Whitman, a call girl hired to spend the night with him. Their whirlwind romance takes a dangerous turn when Clarence confronts Alabama's former pimp, leading to violence and an accidental acquisition of a suitcase full of cocaine. The young lovers then embark on a chaotic cross-country journey to California, hoping to sell the drugs and start a new life, all while being pursued by mobsters seeking their stolen property.

Dad's Preview: The carnage of this film results when two young toxic lovers stumble upon a bag of cocaine and decide to keep it. Bad people always wants their drugs back. This fast-paced crime drama was deemed "gutter poetry" by Rolling Stone's Pat Travers, and that sums it up perfectly. It's a smorgasbord of dope violence buoyed up by strong, quirky performances.

Morgan Creek Prod., Davis Films; Warner Bros.