Grindhouse

April. 06,2007      R
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers before each segment.

Kurt Russell as  Stuntman Mike (segment "Death Proof")
Zoë Bell as  Herself (segment "Death Proof")
Rosario Dawson as  Abernathy (segment "Death Proof")
Vanessa Ferlito as  Butterfly (segment "Death Proof")
Sydney Tamiia Poitier as  Jungle Julia (segment "Death Proof")
Tracie Thoms as  Kim (segment "Death Proof")
Rose McGowan as  Pam (segment "Death Proof") / Cherry (segment "Planet Terror")
Jordan Ladd as  Shanna (segment "Death Proof") / Judy (segment "Thanksgiving")
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as  Lee Montgomery (segment "Death Proof")
Quentin Tarantino as  Warren (segment "Death Proof") / Rapist #1 (segment "Planet Terror")

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Reviews

Scanialara
2007/04/06

You won't be disappointed!

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Diagonaldi
2007/04/07

Very well executed

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Kailansorac
2007/04/08

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

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Ariella Broughton
2007/04/09

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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a_chinn
2007/04/10

I originally saw this in the theater and loved it! I was too young to have seen this sort of double feature this film is a loving homage to, but I did grow up watching a ton of these sorts of exploitation films on VHS, which re-watching this film brought back those video store memories. Maybe for a home video release of this double feature they should have added some cheesy Vestron Video opening and replaced the missing reels and burnouts with VHS tape splices and tracking errors. Or maybe that's another Rodriguez/Tarantino film for another day? I'd recently watched both of these films separately and gave "Planet Terror" ***** and "Death Proof" ***1/2. "Gindhouse" in it's original theatrical presentation as a double feature, complete with mock trailers for fictional movies, falls somewhere in between. Edgar Wright's "Don't" trailer is the best. It looks most like it was a real movie and has a hilariously coda at the end, but a close runner-up is Eli Roth's "Thanksgiving" as a very funny send up of holiday themed slasher films (i.e. "Halloween," "Mother's Day," "April Fool's Day," "Black Christmas," etc…), but Rodriguez's "Machete" trailer and Rob Zombie's "Werewolf Women of the SS" are also hilarious send ups of various exploitation film sub-genres. I also greatly appreciated the faux grain in the "Grindhouse" version over the cleaned up individual releases. As to the merits of the two films on their own, see my previous individual reviews.

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jcbutthead86
2007/04/11

Grindhouse is an excellent and unforgettable film experience and a entertaining double feature from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez/ Filled with amazing direction from Tarantino and Rodriguez,great casts and hilarious fake trailers from Rodriguez,Eli Roth,Rob Zombie and Edgar Wright,Grindhouse is a double feature that will stay with you.Grindhouse is a wild double feature of two over the top Horror films.First film:Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror. Set in Texas,Planet Terror tells the story of a group of people led by go-go dancer Cherry Darling(Rose Mcgowan)and her ex-boyfriend El Wray(Freddy Rodriguez)who are trying to survive a Zombie outbreak.Second Film:Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof. Death Proof tells the story of two groups of women who are being stalked by a psychotic stunt car driver named Stuntman Mike(Kurt Russell),a guy who kills people with his car.Released in 2007,Grindhouse was an amazing double feature that was a failure at the box office grossing only 25 million dollars that was well below it's 53 million dollar budget. That's a shame because I think people missed out on a great and fun time at the movies with two films that gives viewers Action,Hot,beautiful Women,gore and B-movie delight. Planet Terror:Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror is an excellent Zombie movie and was and is my favorite and the best of the two Grindhouse films. Right from the very beginning Planet Terror is a movie that pays homage to Zombie films from the 1970s and 80s giving viewers excitement,thrills and Action and you never take it seriously thanks to the characters and offbeat Humor that the movie has. When the Action starts it never stops and PT has an energy that is wild and over the top and it truly matches the style and tone of a Drive-in B-Movie and Rodriguez rolls with it with scratches on the film's photography and insane editing. Planet Terror's main characters are flawed but are likable and heroic to the point where you want them to survive and live. The Action is PT is amazing and exciting filled with gunfights and explosions that are done in Comic Book style and Robert Rodriguez's other movies. The blood and gore in PT is very disgusting and not for the weak at heart but at times is done for laughs because the blood and gore splashes on the screen like water and paint. The final 20-30 minutes of Planet Terror are brilliant and Action-packed and will have you cheering. A great conclusion. After Planet Terror there is an intermission that includes four fake movie trailers including the trailer at the start of the film Robert Rodriguez's Action-packed and fun Machete(which later became a feature film),a Action-filled and over the top homage to Vigilante and Revenge films of the 1970s and 80s,Rob Zombie's Werewolf Women Of The SS,Edgar Wright's Don't and last but not least Eli Roth's Thanksgiving,a hilarious parody of 1970s and 80s Slasher Films. After the intermission came the second feature Death Proof. Death Proof:Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof is a film I have always had mixed feelings about because it's not a bad film in any sense of the word but a flawed film the ranks below Tarantino's best work but at the same time there are good things about the film. One of the things I like about the film is the style and look of the film which makes the movie feel like a exploitation film of the 1970s with scratches on the film as well as gritty photography and you will feel that Tarantino knows his exploitation movies. Another One of the things I like about Death Proof is it's Tarantino's take on the Slasher Film where instead of a knife welding psychopath with a mask killing the victims it's a crazy former Stuntman car driver named Stuntman Mike who kills with a his car who doesn't wear a mask or carry a knife. When Stuntman Mike is in the film the movie the character makes the film interesting but when he's gone the film feels empty. DP is a Slasher film that is combined with the Car chase films of the 1970s and Tarantino gives viewers one of the best car chases in film history which is exciting and intense and a car crash which is truly disturbing and shocking. What I don't like about the film is the female characters their dialog and talking and the ending. While the female characters are sexy and attractive the talking and dialog by the female characters is boring and dull and add nothing to the film and makes you root for Stuntman Mike than the female characters. It seems like Tarantino got too attached to his dialog. The ending of the film while good makes me mad as a fan of Kurt Russell and it's kind of hard for me to look at the screen and watch what happens to Russell. The ending of Death Proof is fine but could have been handled better.The casts is both films including Rose McGowen(Cherry Darling),Freddy Rodriguez(El Wray),Kurt Russell(Stuntman Mike),Rosario Dawson(Abernathy)and more do excellent jobs in their roles.The directions by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino are excellent,with Rodriguez always moving the camera and bringing a wild and insane energy to the film and Tarantino also moving the camera with great angles and slow movements while also bringing a wild energy to the film. Great directions by Rodriguez and Tarantino.The score for Planet Terror by Robert Rodriguez,Graeme Revell and Carl Thiel is brilliant,stylish and similar to the scores by John Carpenter in the 1980s and matches the tone of Planet Terror. Great score. While Death Proof soundtrack is a amazing mixture of songs in the genres of Rock N'Roll,Soul and R&B. Wonderful soundtrack.In final word,if you love Quentin Tarantino,Robert Rodriguez,Horror films,B-movies,Drive-in films or genre films in general,I highly suggest you see Grindhouse,an excellent double bill and film experience you will never forget. Highly Recommended/ 10/10.

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JolinKnight
2007/04/12

I have to make an apology for my voting, as telling the truth, there is no idea about what this movie is going to talk about and why the directors put them together.From the first one - Planet Terror, it is immediately recognised a "Quentin Tarantino style". Looking like ridiculous and mess, fulling of disgusting scenes and exaggerated blood plasma blasting. Quentin himself even performed a funny character in the film just like he always did in other movies directed by him.To the second one, actually, I don't like this type of movies. Talking too much junk without any relationship with the main idea the movie wants to express. Too many dirty words, which I don't believe is the style of American speaking. The only thing I like here is the punishment for the murder, and the performance of the Australian girl. The familiar accent made me excited, "I tell you mate" this is very lovely, especially spoken by a girl.The last thing I want to tell is a positive comment. It is really worth to watch in the cinema. One ticket, two pictures, so why not.

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billcr12
2007/04/13

Grindhouse is two movies separated by a short, fake upcoming attraction Machete, which was later made into a real film a few years later. I'll start with Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror first, which is a parody of the old science fiction zombie thriller's of the 60s and 70s. Rose McGown is Cherry Darling, a go go dancer wanting a change in her life. A scientist attempts to sell a deadly gas to a military guy and during a fight a chemical is released turning the public into flesh eating ghouls. Cherry and her boyfriend, El Ray become leaders fighting the evil dead. A bit bloody, but Rodriguez has an off beat sense of humorous, so it works.The second feature is Death Proof, Quentin Tarantino's tribute to Vanishing Point, even having the same Dodge Charger for a chase scene. Kurt Russell is stunt driver, Mike, who stalks a group of women in a specially built death proof, super reinforced car. The girls wind up in a demolition derby type of battle with the psychopath and the script is overly verbose, even by Tarantino's usual standards. This is not one his better works.

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