Bloody Parcel

Bloody Parcel is dumb in its content, with a point that just doesn’t work. But it overflows with the filmmakers’ love of grindhouse and Robert Rodriguez’s camerawork, and mainly their interest in honing every spectacular shot, even if it lasts only a few seconds, so it can’t leave you cold as an enthusiastic amateur tribute to Tarantino and Rodriguez. Praise is also due to the well-chosen narrator, and the appearance and “goofily comical” voices of the main characters. Jan Votýpka is a madman in the best sense of the word. My three-star rating is a compromise between two stars for the content and four stars for the concept. (02/11/2009)