Chain of Fools (2000)

Chain of Fools: Directed by Pontus Löwenhielm, Patrick von Krusenstjerna. With Steve Zahn, Salma Hayek, Jeff Goldblum, Elijah Wood. Salma Hayek plays an avid detective assigned to the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.

“This is basically a u0026quot;laugh at the losersu0026quot; episode flick in the vein of u0026quot;Short Cutsu0026quot;, without the pretension and with a healthy dose of Quentin Tarantino thrown in for good measure (sans the nastiness and macho violence.) Chain of Fools boasts the essential (for this type of movie) array of crooks and oddballs; from Jeff Goldblumu0026#39;s psychopathic rent-a-thief character to Elijah Woodu0026#39;s adolescent aspiring hitman.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe film is uneven, which is probably a result of the relative inexperience of the director(s). There are several scenes that just feel pointless, and the Bollingsworth character could have used a little polishing, but on the whole the movie is thoroughly enjoyable. Steve Zahn is great as the loser protagonist, Elijah Wood shines as the hitman wannabe, Jeff Goldblum turns in a solid performance and sexy Salma Hayek once again demonstrates she can do a lot more than just look pretty and dance with snakes.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eChain of Fools is no Pulp Fiction, but it has got an endearing quality all of its own. If Tarantino and the Coen brothers were to do a movie together I imagine you would get something a lot like this.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI give it 7/10, where Pulp Fiction is a 10/10 and The Big Lebowski is a 9/10.”