It's a pretty good flick, fun. It owes something to Tarantino but is able to stand on it's own instead of being purely derivative. It has some of Tarantino's lunacy, but the pacing and complexities of the narrative are more detailed and interwoven than a lot of Tarantino. In other words, though you'll probably think of Tarantino when you see it, it's not just a copy, it's more than that.
The story is hard to explain, though it makes perfect sense when you see the movie. At the center is a writer played by Colin Farrell who's blocked on a screenplay he's working on called "Seven Psychopaths." His buddy, played by Sam Rockwell, helps him along with some ideas. There's also a gang that makes their living stealing dogs off the street and returning them to their owners for the reward money. That involves Christopher Walken, brilliantly watchable as always, and Woody Harrelson as the crazed gangster owner of a dognapped Shih Tzu. Along the way we also encounter Harry Dean Stanton and Tom Waits, among others.
It's not really a movie within a movie; it's more a movie giving birth to another movie. That sounds weird, I know, but it makes sense when you watch it and is a lot of fun. It's funny and original and quirky with some great performances. I enjoyed it, good flick.
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