modern inde-cliche

Rating: 2/10 (30 May 2000)

This film fits very well into a newly emerged, and stereo-typical, genre: the pop-inde-film. While originality is not the only criteria of importance, it certainly is one. To me this film seems a hybrid ripoff of Quentin Tarantino and Trainspotting. Ooh, junkies and violence (only without the aesthetics and purpose of the aforementioned). There are few redeeming values to this film at all. I really enjoyed (note the sarcasm) the slow motion and "trippy" camera work that were used at certain points. They were not the least bit necessary, as they did not reveal anything about the character or the scene. I suppose they were added to look "cool" and divert people's attention away from the nothing otherwise happening. Also, was there a single character who was developed in the least? I did not care what happened to any of them at all. 2/10 stars.