8 Assassins

If you are open to watch a surprisingly entertaining Moroccan (!) Rodriguez-style flick with a paper-thin plot but great photography, bronzed faces, short dialogs and North African desert atmosphere, you will encounter some fun here.

There is not much philosophy behind the story, but moral principles that are understandable for everyone.

The acting is sometimes a bit stiff, but overall good, humor is very dry, like the scenery - the desert. Photography is absolutely great. No cheap shots are to be seen, though the budget surely was very small.

Characters are mostly cliché, that is the biggest shortcoming, and sometimes the pacing slows down a bit unexpectedly, sometimes the cuts are so fast that you have troubles to follow.

But overall, the movie deserves a better rating than it currently has (4.2). I would normally give it 6 stars, but here I give 7.

And yes, in my opinion it can hold a candle against mainstream cinema, especially since it has aged well during the last ten years.

The title of my review describes a scene from the movie.