ers ▁are ▁ad vised ▁to ▁wait ▁till ▁this ▁action - com edy , ▁written ▁by ▁Ben ▁Ram sey , ▁th ud s ▁into ▁video ▁stores ; ▁taste ful ▁mov iego ers ▁will ▁avoid ▁it ▁altogether ." ▁ ▁And ▁finally , ▁Jeff ▁Vice ▁of ▁the ▁L DS ▁Church - owned ▁Des er et ▁News ▁remarked : ▁" Every ▁bit ▁as ▁fr ust ating ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁entertain ing , ▁this ▁black ▁comedy / th r iller ▁takes ▁its ▁plot ting ▁and ▁dialog ue ▁c ues ▁from ▁Tar ant ino ▁( mean ing ▁there ▁is ▁r amp ant ▁use ▁of ▁prof an ity ) ▁and ▁its ▁start ling ▁visual ▁style ▁from ▁W oo , ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁film ' s ▁executive ▁producer . ▁Unfortunately , ▁it ' s ▁a ▁very ▁une asy ▁bl ending ▁of ▁the ▁two ▁styles , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁there ▁as ▁many ▁awful ▁moments ▁as ▁good ▁ones — at ▁least ▁until ▁the ▁extremely ▁uns atisf ying ▁and ▁drawn - out ▁conclusion , ▁which ▁blow s ▁things ▁completely ." ▁▁ ▁In ▁a ▁ret ros pective ▁review ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁critic ▁Leonard ▁M alt in ▁pra ised ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁a ▁guilty ▁pleasure , ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁" most ▁critics ▁des pis ed ▁The ▁Big ▁Hit , ▁and ▁aud ien ces ▁didn ' t ▁f lock ▁to ▁see ▁it , ▁perhaps ▁confused ▁as ▁to ▁whether ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁comedy ▁or ▁an ▁action ▁movie ▁... ▁and ▁never ▁dream ing ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁hy brid ▁of ▁the ▁two ."