Extremely disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (22 April 2004)

I am not a huge fan of Tarantino, but I have enjoyed some of his earlier works. However, one of my friends raved about this film so i was looking forward to it.
I have no problem with the lack of plot in the film. One of my favourite movie of all time is Battle Royale, which has even less plot. However, I do have a problem with the mixed genres.
While a fan of the genres that the movie is derived from, I felt the end result of the film is a jumbled mess. Massive blood sprays may look fine in anime, but in this movie it is distracting and unecessary.

Also, Uma Thurman is not an actor. She has one character that she plays in all her movies. Basically she always plays a pouty little b*tch. I don't know if she's like that in real life but I'd like to see her stretch herself. Even someone like Harrison Ford, who admits he is no actor, moved away from his typecast in "The Mosquito Coast".
Of course this is only my opinion, and I seem to be in the minority, but I really had to force myself to finish watching this one.
My rating: 3 / 10