Also known as The Carrier, this Tarantino wannabe sees John Cusacks hitman being tasked by crime boss De Niro to deliver a bag. Theres only one thing thats worse than watching a bad movie, and thats watching a really smug bad movie; one that thinks its really clever and well made when the opposite is true. The Bag Man is one such movie. The dialogue is self-consciously hip, striving for Pulp Fiction style quirkiness only to fall flat on its face. Despite a decent cast, none of the characters are worth investing in, with De Niro going full-on panto for the villain. He does his best with the ridiculous lines hes given, but even the greatest actor in the world can stop them sounding dumb; his hairstyle is kind of funny though. The Bag Man could have been a halfway decent noir thriller in an alternate universe; in this one, its another black mark on De Niros legacy.