carlmyers-80296 A great, zany film starring Clooney and a fresh-faced Tarantino. You'd be surprised by what you see, no need to spoil.

grantss A movie which proves that having an all-star cast and crew does not a great movie make. Written by Quentin Tarantino, directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino, Salma Hayek, Juliette Lewis and Cheech Marin.Was pretty good to start off, a good gangster movie. Once it became a monster-horror it quickly got pretty predictable and mundane.

Morten_5 I didn't think I would ever say this, but with "From Dusk Till Dawn", Quentin Tarantino, usually a skilled screenwriter and a masterful creator of dialogue, failed in his writing. The film is not really bad, but the genius of Tarantino is lacking. There's no real wit, no excitement, the dialogues are flat and uninspired and you don't really care about the characters. Apart from the first few minutes at the liquor store in the very beginning of the movie, the only real enjoyment was some impressive creature design and a stellar performance by Juliette Lewis, terrific as always. This picture was not so #7thArt.

Wuchak Released in late 1996 and directed by Robert Rodriguez from Quentin Tarantino's script, "From Dusk Till Dawn" is a crime thriller/horror film starring George Clooney and Tarantino as two violent thugs in Texas who take hostage a disillusioned ex-minister (Harvey Keitel) and his son & daughter (Ernest Liu & Juliette Lewis). Hiding in their RV, they escape into Mexico where they stop at a desert strip joint in order to rendezvous with their contact in the morning (Cheech Marin). Unexpectedly, the bar preys upon its patrons.Mixing "Pulp Fiction" (1994) with "The Lost Boys" (1987) and "The Evil Dead" (1981), "From Dusk Till Dawn" pulsates with hip energy and flair. Clooney shines in his first feature film as the antagonist-turned-protagonist. Salma Hayek's dance routine is jaw-dropping and iconic. The movie blends weighty spirituality with extreme irreverence, violence, gore and comic booky evil for a highly entertaining flick. It's not scary at all; but it's fun and thrilling, with thoughtful dialog.ADDITIONAL CAST: Tom Savini, Fred Williamson, Danny Trejo, Michael Parks, John Saxon and Kelly Preston.The film runs 108 minutes and was shot in Barstow, Lancaster and Los Angeles, California; Chihuahua, Mexico; Redmond and Seattle, Washington.GRADE: A-