Style over substance/plot

Rating: Null/10 (19 April 2004)

Hmmmmmmm, unlike most people, I didn't love this movie nor did I hate it. However, I did love certain parts of the movie and other parts I could have done without completely.

The good: The anime sequence (completely awesome and disturbingly violent in a way that, imho, does not glorify violence at all.)
The action scenes (sure they're completely unrealistic but pretty stylized and definitely interesting to watch)
The campiness (c'mon the "Pussy Wagon" is pretty darned funny after you get past its lack of political correctness)
Uma Thurman (super cool and about as believable as her character could have gotten)
The style (not all that original, but it certainly had some flash and glitz to it)

The bad: Practically everything else
The dialogue was terrible even for a kung-fu rip off movie
The plot plays out like a friggin' video game (did anyone else notice this? I mean, what other genre of entertainment has the protaganist slay 100 meaningless bad guys in order to get to the "boss")

I had mixed feelings about this movie. Definitely style over substance. The style I give a 10. The substance I give a 3. Overall, once I realized that I could turn my brain off to watch this movie, it was far more enjoyable.