I give this film credit for being somewhat unpredictable. A gang crew is ordered to kill one of their own, and when that ends in stalemate they all have dinner. They band together for some other jobs, do a LOT of slow motion shooting, have a funny little scene at an underground doctor’s (they bring one of their wounded in, five minutes later the other guys come knocking, too) then shoot some more. I had no emotional attachment to any of this along the way – it looks and feels like a comic book, but somtimes cool sunglasses, twangy guitar and fake blood are what you wanna see. The end has the most ridiculous product placement I’ve seen in a while (go Red Bull!) and lots and lots of shooting. This two hour movie should have been 90 minutes, but if you want to put this on late at night and kinda pay attention you will find some rewards. (Also – this movie is violent, but not disgusting. When people get shot – as about ten thousand do – there’s a spray of red and they just basically fall over. That’s a nice change.)
