Another Tarantino Classic

Rating: 9/10 (23 August 2009)

Where to start. Quentin Tarantino has been at the forefront of hip films for some 16 years now. With such classics as Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction under his belt, this movie takes a turn into an area that you will find very unfamiliar to his usual works.
The film is set in WWII France during the Nazi occupation, though the movie does seem to pan out more like a spaghetti western rather than a war film. While it does play up the whole "Inglorious Basterds" gang of Jewish/American thugs, there is far more to it.
One thing that people have been led to believe due to the trailer is that this film is an action extravaganza. IT IS NOT! Like all of Tarantino's previous films, this is very much dialog driven with smatterings of extreme violence. Actually I felt that the violence while slim had far more impact than Kill Bill's bloodletting bonanza.
Also if you don't like subtitled foreign dialog, then you are probably going to dislike this film as a very large chunk of it is in German and French.
Overall this was a fun film with smart dialog, fantastically diverse characters (I smell an Oscar nomination for Christoph Waltz) and multi-layered storyline. Also anyone that is an avid b-grade film buff will have fun picking out the homages as well.