Quentin Tarantino is just weird, plain and simple. Only critics would ever see anything else than that in his work. How he ever won an Oscar is beyond me - I guess weirdness pays at some point. Remake of whatever (I would say this was one of his spoof-remakes, but not of one film in particular - the overtones of Spaghetti Westerns are prominent, but as in some of the other reviews here, there are definitely other elements), this is but another of his weird films. Bordering on being stupid, but having something that keeps one watching, like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill - don't expect anything but his warped take on life in a twisted satirical setting with plot line of the same order.Like I said: Weird.

with red spiked hair....bad acting and way too over-dramatic for a spoof...it was spoof right? I was expecting someone jump out with a toyota something or other and start drifting...kind of an embarrassment to the Japanese culture...3 stars for the cinematography and for the few samurai sword scenes and tarantino really is a bad actor...for a good free Japanese movie watch When the Last Sword Is Drawn...this one just made me mad...

This is a remake, homage of the movie Yojimbo filmed in 1961 and directed by Kurosawa. Yojimbo was then remade into an American western in 1964 by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood. It's not well done, but not poorly done in comparison to it's 2 predecessors.
Fools.

Not what I expected from Tarantino but the symbolism and story was rather interesting. Not your average western...

could use subtitles i didnt understand a word of it haha and Quentin Tarantino is quite possibly the worst actor in the history of ever thank god hees only really in like two scenes
have to say i still really enjoyed watching this

I know it may be out of style to say it, but I just don't get the big deal about Tarintino and the likes (including the dude who did this film). I like spaghetti westerns and am a huge fan of 60s-70s horror, which obviously this new breed does too, but they must enjoy a different element of it than I do.
I care about characters, story, pacing, cinematography, lighting. They seem to focus on the obscurer points but only if they're over-the-top.
Maybe it's the mpeg compression or something but this video looks bad. Maybe it was a director's decision but I'm not a big fan of what looks like digital video with over saturated colors and washed-out whites.
Some of the events seem so randomly put together it's hard to get any emotion out of it. It's like a lame anime (excluding Miyazaki, my favorite). The forced western-style English certainly didn't help either.
Do yourself a favor and watch some real spaghetti westerns. Though they can be pretty brutal, they're fun and most of the time they make sense.

I really did like this movie, it was like nothing I've ever seen before. I guess I just like strange movies and this one certainly is that and then some.