Dropped the ball

Rating: 3/10 (7 September 2019)

In his heyday Tarantino was unbeatable, with the likes of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp fiction being modern masterpieces. Latterly Kill Bill, Inglorious basterds (80% anyway) and Django proved excellent too, but in my opinion his latest efforts have been well below par. Once upon a time in Hollywood is overly long, poorly paced, and dialogue is uninteresting. I spent the majority of the film expecting something exciting to happen... But it just didn't! Then when you've all but given up there's a sudden, unexpected and gratuitously ultraviolent scene right at the end which doesn't fit in at all. I'm not saying it's badly made, just what's the point?!