Way Over Rated

Rating: Null/10 (24 April 2004)

I looked forward to viewing this film as I had heard so many positive comments. "Tarantino's best effort", "better than Pulp Fiction" on and on they went. Soooo I rented it, and was I disappointed. Look, I absolutely loved Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, so I was stoked for a real winner and what I got was a so so film. I still don't get all the blood spewing like a fire hydrant. Even in the cheesy karate flicks this is supposedly paying homage to, the special effects weren't that exaggerated. I guess I'll see volume II just so I know how it ends, even though it is painfully obvious. When Quentin latches on to something it seems he is possessed to the extreme and it shows up big time in this film. Look for the Red Apple cigarettes and Uma jolting up from a coma, nice references to Pulp.