Why do bogus filmmakers continue to attempt to emulate the brilliance of a Quentin Tarantino or a Guy Ritchie flick? Just by adding an endless stream of different characters and freeze framing their names like "The Cowboy", "The Chief", "The Rancher", "The Indian", "The Girl Next Door" and "The Blonde" as just a few examples is silly and boring and very much overdone. And I do mean overdone! There must have been 20 or more characters they introduced with the freeze frame title approach in an effort to make the plot more interesting and confusing. Sorry but I just found it boring and a poor copycat of both Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie's film technique. The plot is everyone and their brother are chasing Christian Slater who plays John Smith because they believe he stole a mask in the middle of a poker game which is a rare priceless Indian artifact.
For these types of movies to really be effective they need to have a great story line, which this film does not come close to having. The film does have several Elvis impersonators including a gay Elvis played by Chris Kattan and a Midget Elvis played by Tony Cox. Oh yeah we even have an Elvis Elvis played by the Grade A actor Gary Oldman. I don't know why Mr Oldman would follow up his great performance in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with this copycat Elvis spoof. Helena Mattsson may have looked great in the black leather jumpsuit but her portrayal of a two gun toting Edgar Alan Poe quoting gunslinger for hire was also boring.
Christian Slater plays the lead character John Smith, and he is also another one of the Elvis impersonators who everyone is after because they assume he has the stolen Indian mask. Slater narrates scene after scene trying to slowly feed us tidbits of a baseless plot. Yes, there is lots of shooting, stabbing, tomahawk throwing, punching and kicking, all in an effort to just pad the movies length.
I should have known the movie would be below par when I read that Michael Winnick was the producer, writer and director for Guns Girls and Gambling. The only freeze frame title I was still looking forward to seeing after the first 30 minutes or so was "THE END".
For these types of movies to really be effective they need to have a great story line, which this film does not come close to having. The film does have several Elvis impersonators including a gay Elvis played by Chris Kattan and a Midget Elvis played by Tony Cox. Oh yeah we even have an Elvis Elvis played by the Grade A actor Gary Oldman. I don't know why Mr Oldman would follow up his great performance in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy with this copycat Elvis spoof. Helena Mattsson may have looked great in the black leather jumpsuit but her portrayal of a two gun toting Edgar Alan Poe quoting gunslinger for hire was also boring.
Christian Slater plays the lead character John Smith, and he is also another one of the Elvis impersonators who everyone is after because they assume he has the stolen Indian mask. Slater narrates scene after scene trying to slowly feed us tidbits of a baseless plot. Yes, there is lots of shooting, stabbing, tomahawk throwing, punching and kicking, all in an effort to just pad the movies length.
I should have known the movie would be below par when I read that Michael Winnick was the producer, writer and director for Guns Girls and Gambling. The only freeze frame title I was still looking forward to seeing after the first 30 minutes or so was "THE END".