Du cinéma de sale gosse qui fait la part belle à des numéros d’acteurs savoureux. — T. C.

In the end, a review of the different elements and finer nuances of this kind of movie is rather pointless. You either sit back and surrender to Rodriguez’s vision, or you resist and focus on what’s wrong with this film. It took me a while to accomplish the former but I walked out of the movie theater with a smile on my face. — Tim Price