Context: I was 15 when this hit theatres. This, on the surface, being a mob/drug movie, naturally doesn't fit my interests. "Want to go see a movie about mob hitmen taking drugs and other crap?" No thanks.

I never saw the film all the way through prior to last night. I gave it a shot, seeing if being 40 years old would make a difference.

It did. I could find an appreciation the film now that I would have never found before. Still, it's good enough for 4/10 stars from me.

I enjoyed the early royale with cheese stuff, and I particularly liked the Travolta/Thurman evening/chemistry. But in the end, this is a movie that is really about dead bodies, arseholes, screaming, violence and, at 2 1/2 hours, just too long.