I'm afraid Tarentino will never equal this fab work

Rating: 8/10 (24 May 1999)

Okay, okay: the gunplay and the poses are from Woo, the climax has been downright lifted from "City on Fire"; but this film has enough that's original -- and improves upon most of that which is lifts -- to make it stand on its own. A lot of wonderful dialog here (the opening alone is enough), great casting and characters -- and what about making a caper film which has no caper?! Lovely. But there is one moment which TRULY is brilliant: a fictional story (told by Tim Roth's character) which is developed and devolved until the storyteller stands in the middle of his story telling it to its characters as the camera spins 'round and 'round. One of the most-inspired moments in the history of filmmaking.