How Soon We Forget

Rating: Null/10 (14 December 2007)

Does anyone remember a guy named Sam Peckinpah? This movie is a total ripoff of his work, from the camera work to the setting to the acting styles. I liked this movie because I've always loved Peckinpah's films, but the wild, ridiculous amount of praise this so-so film is getting is ludicrous. I think a lot of it is coming from younger viewers who know little or nothing about Peckinpah. If you can tear yourself away from Halo 3 long enough, try renting "The Wild Bunch" and, especially, "Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia", to see where the Coens got their ideas. This is probably their homage to Peckinpah, anyway, but it seems he's been unjustly forgotten by the dimwit critics that are falling all over themselves proclaiming this film a masterpiece.