Overdone gore and CGI

Rating: 4/10 (14 May 2005)

Okay, cool looking stylized graphics and a graphic novel style of story telling is different. But like lots of things that could be good, when misused and over-used, even good elements can result in a bad film. Oh, the film noir narration also got to the point of just being annoying.
I went into this with pretty much no expectations and was still very disappointed. The actors that really had a chance to give good performances were so altered both in look and voice by the special effects that most of the subtleties of their acting were lost.
I must be getting old or something but the gore seemed excessive, gratuitous and generally exploitative. I don't mind heavy gore but it did not seem necessary to go quite so over the top in the context of these vignettes, at least in my opinion.
Overall, watching this was just not an enjoyable or entertaining experience.