Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, film programmer, and cinema owner.
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts, references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, alternate history, and features of neo-noir film.
‘Arkansas’ review: an unapologetically derivative love letter to Quentin Tarantino
nme.comAt once derivative and edgy, Arkansas is a southern-fried, drug cartel thriller that’s tailor-made for Quentin Tarantino nuts.
Clark Duke, who directs and stars, is clearly a fan and has penned a love letter to QT which sees all guns blazing, fast-talking crooks swindle each other while the audience taps its feet to a catchy soundtrack.Set in America’s Deep South, the film follows Kyle (Liam Hemsworth), a small-town criminal who gets promoted to a slightly bigger town where he and his partner in crime Swin (Duke) start working for a mysterious drug kingpin called Frog.
They deal, drink and hang out before they freak out when things begin to go very wrong. Hemsworth and Duke are sporadically charismatic as the well-meaning but slightly dopey.
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