Big Nothing (2006)

Derailed. Failure To Launch. Reeker. Clearly, 2006 has been a year for films pushing their luck with own-goal titles. Now, taking the biggest risk of all, comes Big Nothing , director Jean- Baptiste Andrea’s follow-up to his promising B-horror debut Dead End . That film owed a debt to David Lynch. This one’s creditors are the Coens and Tarantino. From Joel and Ethan, we get another wintry spin on Fargo ’s small-town-schmuck-in-screwed-up-scam scenario. From QT, Andrea rips one style beat after another, whether it’s a POV shot from an open trunk or Kill Billesque ’toon inserts.

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