Good Actors, Not So Good Film

Rating: 6/10 (30 January 2000)

Admittedly, I only saw this movie once, but what stuck me most about it was the disparity between the quality of the the performances and the overall lack of originality in the film itself. The characters go through the story with a lot of energy and natural charm (much like the characters in "Go") - I really enjoyed watching them perform. Outside of that, just about everything else in the film, from the quick cut editing to the lead gangster's jherri - curl afro, is far too similar to "Pulp Fiction" to merit any praise. Tarantino's work is one of my favorite films of all time, but people have been going to his well way too often. LS&2SB does a better job at it than most, which is nice. However, I would have liked to see what would have happened if these superior actors were given more to do than channel the "talkative criminal" theme.