FREAKY TALES

4 interconnected stories that take place in Oakland in 1987 dealing with a love story set against the backdrop of a hate war, 2 singers who catch a break, a hit man looking to retire, and a basketball player who's home is burglarized. I was unsure about this heading in as the trailer had the retro vibe and feel I love, it was shortly after my previous film, and it had Pedro Pascal in it so I gave it a shot. What a waste of time! The film seems to be an attempt of a homage to Tarantino and his masterpiece PULP FICTION but fails hysterically. In addition, it's another anti-white film as there's no redeeming white characters in it and leans heavily into the DEI agenda. The stories are boring and I couldn't get into any of them and felt like walking out after the first one. Pascal is promoted but he's missing from 3/4 of the film. There was only 1 other person in the theater with me so it looks like this is going to have a short theatrical run (good). Hopefully if enough of these films crash and burn so badly (I'm looking at you SNOW WHITE), studios will go back to entertaining rather than preaching but sadly, they still haven't taken the hint yet. 4/10