Smith, a typical young college student who likes partying and engaging in acts of random sex and debauchery, has been having some interesting dreams revolving around two gorgeous women -- and is shocked when he meets the dream girls in real life. Lorelei looks just like his fantasy brunette, while a mysterious red-haired girl being chased by assassins draws him into an international conspiracy. Or is it all just a drug-induced hallucination?
All that's truly strange here though is that Araki gets so few jolts or laughs from this hodge-podge of genres.
– Kirk Honeycutt,
Hollywood Reporter,
8 Apr 2011
fresh:
The film is Araki's most ambitious to date, with a quick pace, music that's hip and cool and a mood that alternates between playful and eccentric.
– Bruce Demara,
Toronto Star,
8 Apr 2011
fresh:
What pop spectacle!
– Stephen Cole,
Globe and Mail,
8 Apr 2011
rotten:
Designed to have its own fun, filled to the brim with bangs of all kinds but mostly landing with a whimper.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
6 Jun 2011
fresh:
If there's an undercurrent of impending cataclysm in today's culture, 'Kaboom' senses that feeling, seizes it in a surreal clinch and hurtles with it off a cliff.