Omnibus films — collections of segments, usually by different directors — are hard commercial sells, but rarely complete disappointments.
Usually at least one director delivers a small gem. Also, you are finished with a clunker quickly, instead of enduring it for two hours or so. A win-win situation, no?
Not really, from the evidence of "R246 Story," an omnibus with six celebrity directors. All save for one, indie superstar Tadanobu Asano, are neophytes behind the camera, and the results are more uneven than the omnibus norm — that is, very uneven indeed.