THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE WEIRD is Great!

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE WEIRD is a deliriously fun postmodern hodgepodge of Western themes and modes with an interesting backdrop of Japanese/Chinese politics of the early 20th century. If that sounds a little too highbrow for you, let me break it down like this: there's a train robbery. A gunfight in the centre of town. A climactic race through the desert involving guys on horses and an entire army division.

Oh, and then there's the part where there's an extended RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK reference sandwiched around an EMPIRE STRIKES BACK reference.

Seriously, check it out. I don't think you'll be disappointed. I've read some criticism of this film since then (trying to figure out why it didn't receive a larger release) and reviews like this one seem to feel that it might be simultaneously too light and too heavy - i.e too narratively dense while having fun. While the narrative is fairly complex in putting a lot of parties in play (I saw it with two friends and there was a lot of "Who's that guy working for again?"), it's still a party. Great fun, and highly recommended.