Review of Grindhouse (2007) by Jon C — 05 Apr 2017

For 2007:

A decade later and this movie still kicks so much ass.

At least the first film in my opinion.

The Grindhouse cinema trope comes back with modern actors but still sticking to vintage material.

Quentin Tarentino and Robert Rodriguez collaborate once more to deliver a bloody, violent, funny, and fierce cinema experience.

Planet Terror takes a standard plot of zombie-like creatures eating the human race due to a gas exposure.

Rose McGowan is a stripper that wants to be a comedian and she runs into her old flame Rey amidst all the carnage.

A lot of gore and a lot of laughs.

Great supporting actors from Marley Shelton, Elizabeth and Electra Avellan, Josh Brolin, Bruce Willis, and Fergie.

The movie is also filled with hilarious fake trailers for other Grindhouse flicks; they're filled with the same ridiculousness.

The second feature Deathproof is more of a slow burner.

Kurt Russell is a professional stunt driver with a car that is supposedly death-proof but every one that ends up in his car never makes it out.

His latest target are a group of women traveling the countryside.

This film is more talk-heavy and it's a bit off putting considering how Quentin Tarentino writes most of this dialogue.

But the end sequence is very exciting as these girls fight for their lives against this driver.

Lucy Lawless, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

If you have the patience the payoff is so much fun.

This is a hell of a ride bringing back the classic style of 1970's filmmaking.