Hm, I guess people were still making Tarantino-imitation capers in 2002. Like most, this borrows some ideas & a general flippancy of attitude from early QT but is more pretend- clever than actually clever; the dialog is snippy rather than snappy and the hipness feels strained. And like most of them, the attention to superficial visual style and editorial energy keeps it watchable in a no-brainer way.
I love Seann William Scott and was psyched to see what he'd do in a starring role in a non- comedy. But basically he's just playing generic black-muscle-shirt-clad, bicep-bulging, smirking Cooler Than Thou action movie protagonist—he looks and acts here like a younger Jason Statham, which is fine as far as it goes but not a terribly interesting use of his abilities. You know something's wrong when they give him a bit nodding to "Dude, Where's My Car's?" Chinese takeout scene and it's so lame he can't even make THAT funny.
The concept is: SWS stages loud nightclub event is staged to cover his cohorts' pulling a next- door bank heist. Naturally, everything goes wrong until miraculously everything goes right.
The rave setting helps keep the images colorful, though as rave portraits go it's the usual Hollywood thing, about as realistic as "Thank God It's Friday" was about disco culture. (Actually maybe it really IS a Hollywood thing—as in, if the rave is literally taking place in a Hollywood club, people might actually look, dress and act like this.) In lieu of repartee the characters mostly just bitch at each other in routinely scatological terms; what are supposed to be a rogue's gallery of flamboyant roles aren't memorable in either writing or performance. There's no real suspense or flair for action (admittedly the "action" is very small-scale), and you've got to suspend a whole lotta disbelief throughout. But as I said, there's enough eye candy and fast enough pacing to hold your attention, if not your imagination.
Anyway, so this is a wannabe mix of Tarantino and "Go" that's technically well-crafted but in content is stuff you've seen before many times, both better and a lot worse. I don't remember this playing theaters and the directors do not appear to have made a 2nd feature, so I guess nobody else was highly impressed either.
I love Seann William Scott and was psyched to see what he'd do in a starring role in a non- comedy. But basically he's just playing generic black-muscle-shirt-clad, bicep-bulging, smirking Cooler Than Thou action movie protagonist—he looks and acts here like a younger Jason Statham, which is fine as far as it goes but not a terribly interesting use of his abilities. You know something's wrong when they give him a bit nodding to "Dude, Where's My Car's?" Chinese takeout scene and it's so lame he can't even make THAT funny.
The concept is: SWS stages loud nightclub event is staged to cover his cohorts' pulling a next- door bank heist. Naturally, everything goes wrong until miraculously everything goes right.
The rave setting helps keep the images colorful, though as rave portraits go it's the usual Hollywood thing, about as realistic as "Thank God It's Friday" was about disco culture. (Actually maybe it really IS a Hollywood thing—as in, if the rave is literally taking place in a Hollywood club, people might actually look, dress and act like this.) In lieu of repartee the characters mostly just bitch at each other in routinely scatological terms; what are supposed to be a rogue's gallery of flamboyant roles aren't memorable in either writing or performance. There's no real suspense or flair for action (admittedly the "action" is very small-scale), and you've got to suspend a whole lotta disbelief throughout. But as I said, there's enough eye candy and fast enough pacing to hold your attention, if not your imagination.
Anyway, so this is a wannabe mix of Tarantino and "Go" that's technically well-crafted but in content is stuff you've seen before many times, both better and a lot worse. I don't remember this playing theaters and the directors do not appear to have made a 2nd feature, so I guess nobody else was highly impressed either.