Tarantino at his worst

Rating: 4/10 (31 October 1999)

There are two words I'd like to use to describe this film, one of which is "dross" and the other wouldn't get through the IMDB guidelines. This looks a cracking movie when you first sit down to watch it; full on Tarantino style, including some clever camera work in the motel room scene (watch carefully for the Pulp Fiction references.) Then they enter the bar, again all looks good. Then someone turns into a vampire. At this point, immediately evacuate the room, for your first great impressions should not be spoilt by the anticlimax that is to follow. I fully relaxed at this point, I was no longer engaged in the film. I almost lost sleep over, but not quite, the decision to either give this a 3 or a 4. In the end I opted for the 4 because a) the beginning is great and b) Juliette Lewis makes the film entirely more watchable. No wonder the sequels were straight-to-video.