Review of Grindhouse (2007) by Gardner R — 05 Sep 2013

It was about damn time they made this!! Grindhouse was a collaboration between Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino who made this to remind us of the grim and glory days of gritty exploitation films of the 70's and also the days of double features.

Each stories are unique and are creatively executed. Robert Rodriguez kicks off Grindhouse with Planet Terror which is a story about a group of survivors trying to fend off newly re-animated zombies brought back by a deadly gas, while fighting with a rogue military unit that has been infected with the gas.

The story had a great and start and interesting characters, but instead off balls-to-the-wall zombie carnage we got a remake of the dirty Dozen. I'm not saying it's bad, it's goofy, bloody fun that doesn't have to engage your brain.

Tarantino gives us the next and last film titled "Death Proof" reminiscent of the days of car chases and psychotic killers. The story revolves around Kurt Russell as "Stuntman Mike" a former hollywood car stuntman who has realized the his old form of job has been replaced by special effects and cheap CGI.

Furious with the fact he begins killing different sets of women he finds attractive to keep his mind of the anger of the world. All in All, Grindhouse was a great effort despite a few chinks would could have been better, but on it's on own terms, it satisfies just enough to evoke great memories of an interesting period of cinema.