The first Tarantino film that I've genuinely disliked.

Rating: 4/10 (13 April 2020)

If any other writer/director took this "script" to a studio it would've been tossed in the trash and never spoken of again, but because it's Tarantino it was produced into a "film" without hesitation.
There's basically no plot at all as the film follows a washed up actor, his washed up stunt double, and their struggle to stay relevant in Hollywood. Oh, and Charles Manson and his cult of LSD loving hippies are in the film from time to time.
Any moments of genuine tension fizzle out without even a flicker as Tarantino wastes them without giving us any reason to continue watching the film. Some semblance of a plot starts two hours into the film with a couple of drugged up Manson cultists wanting to commit murder, but this is completely irrelevant from the rest of the film that precedes it and feels like a last ditch attempt from Tarantino to try and make the movie about SOMETHING. In true Tarantino fashion there's a big fight at the end with gratuitous violence that serves no purpose in relation to the narrative and then the film just ends.
I can honestly say that this is the first Tarantino film that I've genuinely disliked as I am a fan of almost all of his work. The movie just feels like the studio doing Tarantino a favour for all the hits he's given them. The only redeemable things in this film were the performances from Brad Pitt and Leonardo Di Caprio, as they were stellar as usual. Also, Tarantino owes the Lee family a sincere apology (as in Bruce Lee). His portrayal of the man was nothing short of insensitive and disrespectful.