Yikes

Rating: 3/10 (2 April 2016)

This film is a simple mystery that was stretched about an hour and a half longer than it really needed to be. An extremely long time was spent developing three characters at the beginning of the story only to more or less dismiss one of them for the rest of the film. I didn't feel any of the other characters were developed beyond naming them, and the entire thing suddenly exploded in showers of blood and gore. The story itself was simplistic and not deep at all, leaving the actors to breathe what life they could into their parts. I will say that the acting itself was well done and was the only reason I stuck around until the end. Furthermore, several characters seem to have come directly from other Tarentino films: Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained kept coming to mind while watching this and that was extremely distracting. Sadly, I can honestly say that I've spent a more enjoyable three hours in my local DMV office...