Entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (10 November 2004)

Entertaining entry in the Tarantino canon. It never quite lives up to the promise of its stylish opening-credits sequence (could any mere story live up to that thrilling tracking shot? Who is this person? What's going to happen to her?), and in places it again shows the director's casual disregard for human life (or for character life, anyway). But all in all it's a fine entertainment, well acted (especially by Robert DeNiro in his small role), believably characterized (the romance element is particularly nice), and suspensefully plotted. And, as usual with Tarantino, the best part of all is the vibrant, chattering screenplay, yet another virtuoso exercise in language. 7 out of 10.