Puerile Gorefest

Rating: 1/10 (23 June 2004)

Now let me get this straight. if you throw in enough references to other films, even shlocky films, your audience will think they're seeing true art. doesn't matter that's its' 90+ minutes of numbing, desensitizing dismemberments. people in this film don't have emotional reactions, they don't have to- they're in a comic book - the mind of Quentin Tarantino - the anime- influenced Nerd with Style. You like this stuff? The Japanese did it for real at Nanking in 1938- played decapitation games with the Chinese civilians. isn't that amusing? It cannot be argued any longer that Tarantino doesn't just throw in spatter for shock value or that he has now run out of headroom. In Reservior Dogs it was just an ear and plenty of shooting - now its' just non-stop carnage without plot, dialogue or character.