i honestly do not get the hype around this movie

Rating: 1/10 (14 October 2009)

this is a typical Tarantino-wents-nuts movie, overloaded with senseless violence and trying to be cool, but unfortunately completely lacking the ability to make you care about anything and anyone in it. besides, Tarantino should not go Asian - they have enough senseless action movies on their own ;) the movie also completely lacks the funny dialogs i so enjoyed in pulp fiction and also the interesting story twists - it's just linear...
while i do not have a problem with violence i request that a film makes me care at least about the main character and even better - about the story
the story here is the typical "go get revenge" story, all too familiar from loads of action flix. only that it desperately wants to be cool and becomes laughable in the process.
i have seen way better matrial arts action and the acting is disappointing too. in fact here the action is in part completely overdone and all the time wannabe-cool - it hurts.
i also would like to question the casting of uma thurman for this - hated her in this role - she should have stayed in the coffin (was this part one or 2? don't care in fact). as for carradine - well, he is used to be in cheesy movies at least.
the characters are all as flat as a postage stamp, fits to the story somehow. couldn't they just all be gunned down by rambo? we could than live happy and be spared the equally bad second part.
so for me this movie is tarantinos worst movie as for now as well as one of the worst movies in general - do not watch it.