Beautiful visually, but too over the top for me.

Rating: 7/10 (18 May 2005)

I really like the idea of a film noir set in a big city. While the film looks great in its gray and silver with occasional color, I just didn't like the story.
The violence is WAY over the top as you would expect from Terentino. If you saw Kill Bill, you know what to expect.
But overall, the story or should I say STORIES within this movie are confusing and somewhat boring. The idea that some of the characters have this super human strength is OK, but it is never really explained. I also didn't like the idea of the typical psycho pervert killer with the women. It basically ripped off the story of Silence of the Lambs again, and didn't do it anywhere near as well.
But to the movies credit it did have some moments and was well made.