Negative Positive
Title: I'm going to return my copy today!
Review: An ambitious undertaking for an indie. Unfortunately, it really winds up looking like an exercise in duplicating well-worn filmmaking techniques and trying to do what Tarantino has done, just "to see if I can." It even has title cards and an animated sequence a la KILL BILL. Overly red blood that splatters and sprays, villains with manically waggling eyebrows, ho hum.It's a horrible script. The dialogue is an opportunity for characters to talk--it doesn't move to story along. The characters talk like they want to say something cool rather than just say something. The actors come off as unsure of their physical movement--unintentionally awkward and clunky. They're not (all) bad actors, it just looks like they've had poor direction. There's a whole lot of over-reacting and tons of distracting, fidgety 'business.'All that said, it is a good looking film. Many shots look great. It's just not a great story.
Is the review positive or negative? 