Review of Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) by Christopher S — 28 Nov 2008

Hyper-stylized Japanese spaghetti western from director Takashi Miike is pretty entertaining - despite a hokey framing device starring an embarrassing Quentin Tarantino. The story is nothing extraordinary - but the visual imagery and above-average production values are superb, and the action scenes are excellent - the climactic shoot-out in particular.

But the post-modern cinematic references were laid on a bit thick, as were the cartoonish sound effects. It was a questionable choice to have Japanese actors speak English, a lot of the dialogue was incredibly awkward.