Tarintino Bomb

Rating: 4/10 (31 May 2005)

It seems almost unfathomable to think that a movie of this genre could actually go 'over the top' in terms of violence; than again, one can never disregard the mind of Quentin Tarintino. Although he did not direct the film, he wrote the script for it, and there are splashes of his style all over the place. It really seems uncertain if this movie can really fit in the horror genre, despite the presence of vampires; a decent story just wasn't there. Tarintino's performance as Richard Gecko was also sub-par.
The movies saving grace was surprisingly the acting of George Clooney; he played the part of the criminal with somewhat of a good heart to a tee, and seemed full of witty lines. Harvey Keitel also turned out a good performance as the faithless preacher.
All in all the movie was a disappointment; I was expecting something golden and walked away with wasted time. The movie seems to try to compensate for its lack of a plot through extreme gore, which gets to be so redundant that it loses the desired effect.
The acting was good enough, and some of the fight sequences were decent, but the movie fell short of being a horror, and nothing could save the story.