There's enough going on here to keep us entertained--the film is energetic and funny, with decent performances from the entire cast. But everyone looks like they're just a bit too relaxed. While Henderson and Ifans create surprisingly meaty characters, Carlyle never sinks his teeth into the character or situations. Meadows continues to show a gift for discovering teen talent; Atkins is superb, while Shim (aka Romeo Brass) has an amusing marginal role. But the overall film has a gimmicky feel, like the filmmakers were so pleased about their "tinned spaghetti western" that they forgot to make these people fully believable. It's all a bit contrived and constructed, with handy plot points that echo the structures of almost every other film you've ever seen. It's enough fun to keep us smiling sporadically throughout, even if it never becomes real enough to engage us.