I really liked the way the film takes a Shakespeare classic and transfers it into an odd seventies motif which works very well. The movie starts off as a somewhat dreary drama showing these two working class characters struggle endlessly in this dead end job as they live from out the back of a truck and then tends to take a turn into a dark comedy as the movie progresses and their paranoia becomes more induced. I was very intrigued to see how these two people might kill off the range of people who suspected their role in the murder and knew it was all so futile. James LeGros displays some naive tendencies to his role as he is manipulated and pressured by his wife to commit the crimes and by the end is just lost his mind. Maura Tierney is pretty good-looking and stands out as the snaky serpent-like wife that pressures Mac into everything and pulls the strings from behind. Also, I really enjoyed how she seemed to become obsessed with the grease burn on her hand, inevitably losing her mind in the climax. The guilt of the crimes aren't on the characters' minds visibly, but little plot points within the story and film get to them slowly finishing them off in the end. What stood out the most in the film were the three hippies (Andy Dick, Amy Smart, Timothy Levitch) which manipulate Mac into the murders which were once three witches in the original story. They're very funny and sometimes creepy, including the finale. Christopher Walken as Lt. McDuff is hilarious and becomes the driving force in the movie managing to steal the show with his hilarious performance. He outshines the cast of unusual characters and I was very interested to see what would happen to him. Walken shows his range as an actor in many movies I've seen in the past few years and only proves it more by acting goofy and at one point dancing with maracas in front of a mirror which made me crack up. The ending is very twisted and amusing as we watch the downfall of many of the characters as their past deeds come back to bite them in the butt.

The movie's setting is so dark and grimy that it became so disorientating and distracting it made it hard to actually pay attention to the plot or care about the characters. A lot of times the director will shove the fact that it's the seventies down our throats by playing constant classic rock tune after the other. We get it, it's the seventies, get over it. Plus, the movie takes a lot of time to actually build up to something making it unbearable to watch the first thirty minutes. The cast of characters and actors don't give stand out performances, including James Legros who is the main focus of the movie. A lot of times I never cared what really happened to him or his wife and only wanted to see if McDuff would find out what they did to that restaurant owner.

A very flawed but amusing and entertaining movie and a very original take on a Shakespeare classic.