Hackneyed...(see below)

Rating: 5/10 (27 February 2013)

If there had never existed a Tarantino or a Tony Scott or a Scorsese, one might think that this Director was some kind of Genius. Unfortunately, because there was he isn't. At worst his work is hackneyed, that means...
unoriginal, pedestrian, mediocre, poor, tired, stereotyped, banal undistinguished, uninspired
This is a fan favorite Film and is a retread of his Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), so he not only rips-off better Directors, he rips-off himself. Its appeal lies in the over the top, inconsequential violence and Male bonding (there is barely a female to be seen or heard), foul language, and razor-sharp-razzle-dazzle editing.
The cast is right on the whole thing and make it all seem like subversive fun, but it is really an ugly, offensive, and at best a guilty pleasure for those not wallowing in its supposed hipness, but it is a false front to a backdrop of extremism and excess.
The Movie is Artistic shallowness made for the new Millennium. A rather self-conscious disconnect that is disconcerting, but delightfully demonstrates to the fan-base, that the new generation has arrived. Get used to it.