Larry Bishops writing/directing felt like the pyrite version of Quentin Tarantino's golden style. The elements were all there, gore, seemingly badass characters with just as seemingly badass character intros, and the sixty\seventies sounding oldschool soundtrack (Because we all know Tarantino is all about the old school...). However, the elements were... lacking (other than the soundtrack). The weak plot may be the culprit. It felt like it was trying to be bigger and better than it actually is. There were some sexy scenes worth noting, but all in all, nothing too exciting in this picture.
5/10
VERDICT: SKIP IT
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"The D is silent, hillbilly..." Tarantino pulled off the mash up of past eras mixed with a contemporary style quite wonderfully. A perfect blend of advanced terminology/slang and personalities for the time. Dialogue heavy with gruesome action timed at the write points can sum up Tarantino's steeze of writing/directing and this one does not stray away from that. Some of the blaxploitation was shocking to see/hear, but Tarantino sprinkled just enough comedy to get away with it. DiCaprio(Calvin Candie) even makes a jab at the audience about how much racism they've used. Seeing Jonah Hill was interesting. It seemed to me like he wrote the entire scene with the bag heads arguing about their eye holes. Christoph Waltz(Dr. King Schultz) delivers another awesome performance. This movie earns its two hour and forty five minute time slot. Tarantino 'sticks to his guns'. Just when you think it's over, Dr. King jests, "sorry I couldn't resist." And the blood baths ensue. I look forward to the blu-ray release.
8/10
