Revenge, Girl Power and Great Music
Added 2/5/2010
This is simply the best revenge movie ever. And, with all due respect to Tarantino's other incredible films, this may have the best dialogue of all, except for Inglorious Besterds. On top of that, the soundtrack is one every filmmaker should envy. So imagine improving "Thelma and Louise", with a modern day Mad Max played by Kurt Russell going up against a modern day version of "Little Women" crossed with "Charlie's Angels" without the Charlie and focus on surface sex appeal. Then you might be able to comprehend just how blanking good this movie is. Thank you Tarantino.
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Starts off a bit slow, but ends brilliantly! A must have for anyone who loves Tarantino, guys who love typical guy things, and for girls with an edge.
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XLNT QT Flick
Added 1/6/2010
First off, I skimmed the 1-star reviews to see what all the bitching was about- it seems people are complaining about the two movies (Planet Terror and Deathproof) being split off into separate releases, and the subsequent loss of the fake trailers from the original double feature theatrical release. Boohoo! Hey, if you were a filmmaker, you'd split a double feature in half for the dvd release too- you make more money that way- and it is show 'business', right?
So a 1-star movie that attacks the dvd release's format and doesn't address the film itself is useless.
"Deathproof" is an outstanding movie and another excellent entry into Quentin T's body of work. Interesting and quirky characters, dialogue and relationships that draw you in and make you curious- and when Rose McGowan's character gets in Stuntman Mike's car for a ride home, it is a deliberate 'don't go in the basement!' moment worthy of the goriest slasher flick. The car chase sequences are some of the best you'll ever see on screen, as 3 girls in a 1970 Dodge Challenger hunt down Stuntman Mike with maniacal joy.
Great movie, great fun, one of my favorites.
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enjoyed this movie
Added 12/24/2009
Yes there is not much plot here but overall it is a good movie. Enjoyed the dialogue between the girls in the first and second parts. Enjoyed seeing the revenge in the end. Not for everyone but Tarantino fans will not be disappointed.
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not a great tarantino film
Added 11/13/2009
I always watch tarantino's movies because when he's good he's great (pulp fiction, reservoir dogs) unfortunately this is just not one of his great movies. I was okay but not what I anticapated.
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Fun romp through homage to zombie-fest flicks offers chuckles rather than screams
Added 2/1/2010
Robert Rodriguez ("El Mariachi," "Once Upon a Time in Mexico") and Quentin Tarantino (do I need to list references?) have famously teamed up on a number of projects ("Desperado," "Sin City"). While these two cinemaphiles always appear to have a blast making their movies, the "Grindhouse" project may be the paragon of their mad-cap filmmaking self-indulgence.
"Grindhouse" was a double-feature in which RR and QT each provided a flick designed to be a homage to the low-budget horror/exploitation films of the 60s and 70s. "Planet Terror" is RR's entry, although QT makes quite an impression in an extended cameo as a deranged military nutcase. QT's half was "Death Proof," which I won't review here, but it's definitely of a piece with "Planet Terror."
Zombie films are seemingly as popular now as ever, so RR's spoof/tribute is timely. The flick opens with a hilarious mock trailer for "Machete," an X-rated revenge flick. The film quality of the trailer is terrible - RR fakes wear-and-tear on the film and includes skips and flaws in the soundtrack as a tribute to the grindhouse experience. This works fine in the trailer, but as it continues into the feature film, it gets more than a little annoying after 60 minutes.
"Planet Terror" opens up with a zombie outbreak in Texas, thanks to military hijinx led by Lt. Muldoon (Bruce Willis) for reasons unknown. Soon zombies are tearing across the countryside, rending the innocent and not-so-innocent limb from limb. Unfortunately, "Planet Terror" is aiming more for humor and gross-outs rather than genuine scares, so be prepared to wince rather than cringe. Some of the jokes really work, such as several close-ups of the "humps" of Black Eyed Peas singer/ornament Fergie, just before the zombies tear her humps apart. There's also a clever "Missing Reel," alert, with apologies from theater management, just when a love scene between stripper Cherry Darling (Rose McGowan) and Wray (Freddie Rodgriguez) gets its most "exploitative."
Ultimately, this is not a good horror movie in that it will not create any genuine terror, a la the original "Halloween," "Nightmare on Elm Street," or even "Dawn of the Dead." But it must be said that there are two types of horror movies, and this is the second type - the kind that goes for dark humor, ridiculiously-sensational death scenes, and blood by the barrelful. That kind of horror movie doesn't appeal to me all that much, truth be told, but if that's your game I expect "Planet Terror" will find its way to the top of your DVD stack pretty quickly.
For what it is, I cannot imagine a movie doing a better job of hitting its target than "Planet Terror." It is a tribute to bad taste and bad movies - and for what it is, almost as much fun as RR and QT had making it.
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Grindhouse Presents, Planet Terror - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Added 1/21/2010
After an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released at a remote U.S. military base in Texas, those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating, mutating zombies out to kill. An assortment of various people who include stripper Cherry, her shady mechanic ex-boyfriend Wray, a strong-willed doctor, the local sheriff, and an assortment of various people must join forces to survive the night as the so-called "sickos" threaten to take over the whole town and the world. A good time: that is all Planet Terror has to offer, no more, no less. And those seeking sheer entertainment, albeit deliverers with gusto.
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GREEDY DIRECTOR'S BIG SCAM!!!
Added 1/8/2010
THIS FILM COULD HAVE REALY BEEN COOL ,HOWEVER IT IS RUINED BY MISSING FOOTAGE AND THE DIRECTOR;S GREED. THE MIDDLE OF THE FILM IS BOTH DESTRACTING AND DESJOINTED BY SUDDEN MISSING FOOTAGE ,WHICH IS A DISGRACE. ON ONE OF THE FEW BONUS FEATURES OF THE SINGLE DISC EDITION OF PLANET TERROR ,DIRECTOR ROBERT RODRIGUEZ STATED THAT THE "MISSING REEL" WOULD BE ON THE TWO-DISC EDITION OF THE MOVIE, HOWEVER THIS WAS NOTHING BUT A CONFOUNDED LIE. AND NOW WITH THE RELEASE OF PLANET TERROR-EXTENDED AND UNRATED(TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION, IT STILL DOES NOT CONTAIN THE "MISSING REEL".HOW MANY MORE EDITION ARE WE EXPECTED TO BUY BEFORE THE "MISSING FOOTAGE IS AVAILABLE, THATS IF IT ACTUALY EXISTS!!!. IT WOULD SEEM THAT EVEN DIRECTOR ROBERT RODRIGUEZ IS CONTENT WITH TAKING HIS FAITHFUL MOVIE FANS LAST DIME FOR HIS OWN FINANCIAL GAIN.
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