Twisted and unfulfilling
With an all-star, offbeat cast that includes Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken and Colin Farrell as the “normal” guy, this Tarantino-inspired script-within-a-script character study by writer-director Martin McDonagh is filled with brutal violence and detached pretension, but could have been much more interesting. It’s neither funny nor groundbreaking, resulting in a half-baked homage not a fully realized idea. But that may be enough for the target audience. Rated “R” for pervasive language, strong violence, bloody images, sexuality/nudity and some drug use.
Grade: C+
Bruce Bennett Short Bio
Bruce Bennett has been the primary contributor to Mad About Movies since it began in 2003. He is an award winning film and theater critic who, since 2000, has been writing a weekly column in The Spectrum daily newspaper in southern Utah as well as serving as a contributing editor of “The Independent,” a monthly entertainment magazine. He is also the co-host of “Film Fanatics” a movie review show which earned a Telly in 2009. Bruce is also a featured contributor at: RottenTomatoes.com
His motto: "I see bad movies so you don't have to."