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Furthermore, critics were bewildered by the film's tone. The first five minutes feature Randy West breaking out into a "low-budget production number" in a bookstore, a moment that one reviewer called "so bizarre and unsexy". The pacing was also a point of heavy criticism, with long, boring dialogue scenes that failed to advance any real narrative. As one succinct review put it, the film is "bland and weird". The film's ultimate sin was being a Taboo film in name only, failing to deliver on the promise of its franchise. Watching Taboo VII: The Wild and the Innocent