Another movie passing only by boobs and bullets

Rating: 2/10 (13 August 2005)

For two hours I was bored out of my mind, watching characters shoot each other, topless girls walk around that needn't be topless. A complete waste of my time. I don't care how closely it followed the graphic novels, it was crap.
Tarantino obviously had a hand in it whether you spot his name in the credits or not, with a few indirect references to Kill Bill. Notice how it is a mainly people under 18 that thought highly of this movie. All they wanted to see was tits, sex and people punching others up into a bloody pulp. Kitano fans will be disappointed, especially comparing it to a much better bloody film, Zatoichi.
I'm normally a fan of Graeme Revell. He certainly made Titan A.E. what it was. He's one of the very few New Zealanders to arise into something good in the film industry. Sadly though, this film didn't really do him any justice. Too much influence from Robert Rodriguez led him to compose a somewhat crappy score.
Never mind. If boobs, bullets and strange is what you like, see it. If you are after something with any depth at all, don't bother.
2/10.