Hit & Run
Directed by David Palmer and Dax Shepard
Written by Dax Shepard
USA, 2012
Twenty years after his breakout hit, Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino’s influence is being felt in mainstream cinema. His penchant for hyper-literate, self-conscious characters and dialogue mixed with sudden bursts of violence has become almost commonplace in 21st-century filmmaking, but some writers and directors can’t manage to resist the pull of Tarantino’s style, often to their detriment. Tarantino’s impact can be felt all over Hit & Run, an otherwise affable, low-key action comedy that often resorts to overly chatty and meandering sequences rooted in his singular vernacular.
Dax Shepard, best known these days as a co-star on NBC’s Parenthood, wrote, co-edited (with Keith Croket), co-directed (with David Palmer), and heads up the ensemble of Hit & Run as Charlie Bronson, who lives in a small California town with his girlfriend, Annie (Shepard’s real-life fiancée,...
Directed by David Palmer and Dax Shepard
Written by Dax Shepard
USA, 2012
Twenty years after his breakout hit, Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino’s influence is being felt in mainstream cinema. His penchant for hyper-literate, self-conscious characters and dialogue mixed with sudden bursts of violence has become almost commonplace in 21st-century filmmaking, but some writers and directors can’t manage to resist the pull of Tarantino’s style, often to their detriment. Tarantino’s impact can be felt all over Hit & Run, an otherwise affable, low-key action comedy that often resorts to overly chatty and meandering sequences rooted in his singular vernacular.
Dax Shepard, best known these days as a co-star on NBC’s Parenthood, wrote, co-edited (with Keith Croket), co-directed (with David Palmer), and heads up the ensemble of Hit & Run as Charlie Bronson, who lives in a small California town with his girlfriend, Annie (Shepard’s real-life fiancée,...
- 8/21/2012
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
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