Yet another disgrace by Tarantino.

Rating: 2/10 (31 January 2002)

Quentin Tarantino so obviously has no ability for creating a decent story in his movies (see my "Reservoir Dogs" review) that for this one he chose to give it a title that would excuse its ridiculousness. As I said in my "Reservoir Dogs" review, the man is hopelessly plot driven, which means that he can't create a story in which events naturally happen, so he has to MAKE them happen any way he can. For instance, it's bad enough that in "The Gold Watch" he creates a pathetic excuse for Bruce Willis to have to go back to his apartment, but then how could he make it so that Willis is able to outwit John Travolta, who is waiting there for him? Have Travolta idiotically leave his machine gun on the counter while he is using the bathroom! Come on! And then in "The Bonnie Situation," how could he make the accident in the car happen? Have Travolta completely unnaturally rest the gun on the car seat over his shoulder while he talks with Marvin! And Tarantino introduces the Wolf only for him to give Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson obvious advice for how to solve their problem while he mouths off humorous comments. Anyone wonder why Tarantino has disappeared now? Because he used up all the unoriginality he had.