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Title: What the..?
Review: Billed as a hard-boiled contemporary noir--not an homage, but the real deal--Miller's story gives us stuff in the vein of cannibals, ninjas, and hookers. As authentic to the genre as putting dragons and wizards in an espionage film. The characters have false voices, as well--Miller actually has an eleven year old schoolgirl talking with such a clipped, bad-ass cool, it makes Fred MacMurray sound like Wally Cox. He also seems to enjoy portraying castrations of many types, such as gunshots to the groin, knifings, and so on. A fun time for all. A brilliant work, if only it was written by a highschool prodigy, but for a major Hollywood work, it only serves to reinforce the stereotype that it takes little to impress fanboys.
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