Line #15 YMMV/TrueRomance


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4	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Alabama's original fate, as hinted in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', remains canon while the events within the film's ''happy ending'' was a fantasy that Alabama written in her journal as a means to give her and Clarence some form of closure.
5	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "You're So Cool", which has since become RecycledTrailerMusic.
6	* BrokenBase: in the director's cut Alabama shoots Detective Nicky Dimes after he executes Boris. However test audiences disliked it as they had sympathy for Dimes and lost it for Alabama as a result so in the theatrical cut it was re-edited so one of the mafioso shoots him. Fans still disagree which version is better.
7	* DirectorDisplacement: It feels like a Creator/QuentinTarantino film, but he didn't direct it. Creator/TonyScott directed his script.
8	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
9	** Drexl Spivey only appears in a few scenes at the beginning of the film, but he's one of the most memorable parts of the film thanks to being extremely bombastic and hammy, and being played to loathsome perfection by Creator/GaryOldman.
10	** Clarence’s father Clifford and Vincenzo Coccotti, thanks to their shared scene being one of the film’s highlights and being played by Creator/DennisHopper and Creator/ChristopherWalken, respectively.
11	** Floyd, Dick's stoner roommate played by Brad Pitt, steals the film whenever he's on screen due to Pitt's hilarious performance.
12	* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Clarence's father is dead, a bunch of innocent policemen died, and Clarence and Alabama got away with a lot of stolen money.]]
13	* HilariousInHindsight:
14	** Clarence watches ''Film/ABetterTomorrow II'' on television. Creator/ChristianSlater would later work with Creator/JohnWoo on ''Film/BrokenArrow1996'' and ''Film/{{Windtalkers}}''.
15	** During the scene on the roller coaster, Clarence used the phrase ''Riddle me this, Batman'' while speaking to Elliot. Creator/ValKilmer later starred in ''Film/BatmanForever'', where Batman faced off against the Riddler.
16	** Clarence expresses his distaste for [[OscarBait awards films]] and lists his preferred films, naming ''Film/MadMax'' among them. Twenty-two years later, a [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Mad Max film]] would get ten Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture, and walk away with six wins.
17	** Creator/GaryOldman killing Creator/SamuelLJackson. Twenty-four years later, Samuel L. Jackson would later return the favor in ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard''.
18	* OneSceneWonder:
19	** Creator/SamuelLJackson's brief appearance as the drug dealer Big Don with a nice hat, CoolShades, and a fondness for performing oral sex on women.
20	** Creator/GaryOldman has two scenes as Drexl Spivey, but they're both pretty memorable.
21	** Creator/ChristopherWalken has only one scene as Vincenzo Coccotti, but it's quite a scene.
22	** Creator/BradPitt steals two scenes with about three lines of dialogue as the deadbeat stoner roommate.
23	* QuestionableCasting: It's a testament to Creator/GaryOldman's strength as an actor that he can be cast as a scuzzy, brutish, dreadlocked pimp [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy who seemingly thinks he's black]], and ''totally'' make it work.
24	* SignatureScene: Creator/DennisHopper vs Creator/ChristopherWalken and their "Sicilians are niggers" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsh4SvPdfl8 scene]].
25	* TearJerker: Alabama, the nicest character and a complete sweetheart [[spoiler:receiving an absolutely ''brutal'' beat down given by Virgil]] is arguably the hardest scene to watch in the whole movie, [[spoiler:which makes it all the more [[CatharsisFactor satisfying]] when she fights back against the hulking hitman and, through sheer determination and pragmatism, she ''wins'']].

Context YMMV / TrueRomance