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It's like a Tarantino film


I really liked it. I thought it was very much like a Tarantino film with the story line, the events, the attitude. Not done quite as well or as slick as Tarantino, but very good. And very nicely performed.

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I don't know about Tarantino, but I'm glad I'm not the only person in the world who thought this movie was actually pretty great.


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Yeah, Tarantino is a stretch, but I liked it as well, for the short 80min. time-waster it was.

Interesting seeing Adam West play the creepy dude (which he does well!! lol), and Hathaway was rocking as the a-typical teenage sexpot. The whole flick should not have worked, but it did. Perhaps because of the well known names that acted in even the small bits, like Bel Toro's cameo as the detective.

Also liked the happy ending. :o) 5.5/10



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's funny. 3 1/2 years later and I don't remember a darn thing about this movie. Cool that you liked it though.


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I enjoyed it too. Amy Hathaway made the movie worth watching...she was great and was the only one with more than half a brain!

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This movie's sole purpose seems to be to give fans of the "Frank and Denise" episode of "The Wonder Years" a rare chance of seeing Amy Hathaway in something greater than a bit part. There's this and "The Cure for Boredom".

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Aint near Tarantino-level, it's made in time of mid-90s so it is tarantinoesque for sure. But very cool little low budget flick. Sort of twisted thriller. Tiny gem from the 90s. Very suprised of this one. Goes along well with something like Freeway from 1996, another 90s thriller, little better.

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This movie is to a Tarantino film as The Partridge Family is to Pink Floyd.

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...I quite liked the movie...from 3am till 4:30am...I also appreciated the Tarantino reference from the original poster some 5 years ago now...but his thought helped ground me in the movie.

So thanks, OP, from a long time ago.

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Wow! five years it's been. Glad to have helped

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I remember seeing this quite a bit on cable in the late 90's. It had a great cast.

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There was a "True Romance" vibe to this movie, so it is in that sense like a Tarantino film. Interesting characters put on edge, it's fun.

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damn, I watched it thinkin it was the 2001 movie so I didn't have any idea what was going on but it was intentionally trippy and vague and very enjoyable. Like, what a unique gem

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Yeah, I've only recently watched this film, and thought it was pretty decent.

If it's one of those guilty pleasure movies, then so be it.

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