When a screenplay, novel, invented plot induces vertigo with its many twists, role reversals and general mishegoss. Often employed by Guy Ritchie and other Tarantino imitators to distract from a lack of thematic depth.
So first it's his sister, then you find out they were lovers, then she kills him but he's not dead, then you find out they have a kid and weren't related, then he takes the kid, then...man I left, that bullshit was giving me scriptlash.
by PhD (Pretentious hipster Douchebag) September 11, 2007