Tweekums When a deadly chemical known as DC2 is released at a military based in rural Texas something strange starts happening to those affected by it… they appear gangrenous and start attacking other people in a zombie like fashion. Among those caught up in the events are Cherry Darling, a go-go dancer who loses a leg when attacked and her bad-boy friend Wray; the local police; barbecue restaurant owner JT and doctors William and Dakota Block. Before the film is over they will have to fight off lots of the infested as well as a group of soldiers with a dark secret.This film is deliberately over-the-top and trashy; anybody shot virtually explodes and the gore level is turned up to eleven… this will either make one dislike the film or find it darkly comical. The characters are pretty cheesy too, but again in a fun way. Rose McGowan is entertaining as our one-legged protagonist, Freddy Rodríguez is pretty good as the cliché bad boy Wray, the rest of the cast are decent enough although it can be hard to judge when they are trying to be slightly rubbish! The story is entertaining and provides lots of gory laughs. The deliberate aging of the film with 'scratches' was a bit mixed; when the scratches were minor it gave a good feel to the film but when it was more extreme, and there was even a 'missing reel' it was rather annoying… especially when important details were deliberately omitted. Given the mostly comic tone the attempted rape scene featuring Quentin Tarantino just felt nasty even if his demise was satisfyingly unpleasant. Overall I did enjoy this even if it does try a bit too hard to be trashy at times.

Screen_Blitz Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino collaborate to make an action-horror double feature known as Grindhouse, where the movies are filmed to obtain the looks of old exploitation films from the 70s and 80s. With Quentin Tarantino's action feature 'Death Proof' dealing with a psychotic Hollywood stuntman preying a woman with his black Chevrolet Nova, this half directed by Robert Rodriguez pays a homage to vintage zombie horror B-movies with over-the-top action and blood and gore. This feature follows Cherry (played by Rose McGowan), a sexy stripper with a shady ex-boyfriend Wray (played by Freddy Rodriguez) living in a small Texas town that soon becomes under attacked when a biomedical experiment goes awry and releases a toxic gas that mutates people into gruesome, flesh-eating monsters. Cherry, Wray, and her father join alliance with Dakota Block (played by Marley Shelton), a nurse and mother who is secretly cheating on her husband Will (played by Josh Brolin), local sheriff Hague (played by Michael Biehn), and several other town residents to fight against the flesh-eating zombie onslaught that threaten their town. Bruce Willis makes an appearance as an army lieutenant who witnesses the downfall of the experiment that leads the town in extreme turmoil. Opening a fake movie trailer starring Danny Trejo as the action hero "Machete" who makes an appearance in many of Rodriguez's later films, this film, in my opinion, offers a bit more excitement and storytelling than Quentin Tarantino's 'Death Proof'. It brings the intense zombie action and aggressively over-the-top blood and gore to make every zombie fan blush, not to mention a surprisingly likable cast including Quentin Tarantino makes a cameo appearance. With the vintage cinematography, the film pays a solid homage to the classic action and horror flicks that gained pop cult status in later years of their release. However, the main flaw is that director Robert Rodriguez takes his vintage filming style a bit too seriously, to the point of it being needlessly distracting. The grainy film format can be diverting enough for those not in favor of a degenerate style of filmmaking. The style only becomes more off- putting with the absurdly awkward editing, one example lies at the halfway point with the movie breaking into a brief intermission with the sight of a simulated film reel burning obliviously, filling the screen with flames, and then skipping a portion of the film's storyline. Rodriguez seems to embrace the filmmaking style highly over the characters to where the cinematography serves more as the star of the film than the characters. Those who are able to look past the distracting cinematography, however, will find luxury in the fast-paced plot, the intoxicating zombie shootouts, and Rose McGowan's character mowing down with her machine gun-replaced leg. The cast's performances are not particularly stand strong, but as the film pays a homage to old films that lacked stellar acting, many may find somewhat forgivable.Planet Terror is a fun and entertaining zombie action flick, but a bit faulty in terms of style. I personally find this half of Grindhouse more entertaining than 'Death Proof', though Death Proof is slightly improving in cinematography. This film is worth watching for all Robert Rodriguez fans, and a definite no-go for the faint of heart as this film is piled with absurd amount of gore and violence from start to finish.

grantss Very disappointing. I liked the Quentin Tarantino contribution to the Grindhouse pair of movies, "Death Proof". I have always been more of a Tarantino fan than Robert Rodriguez, but thought "Sin City" was brilliant and expected at least something entertaining for "Planet Terror". No, it is incredibly lame. Plot is full of holes, action sequences are incredibly contrived, acting is wooden.I realise that this was a homage to the Z-grade cheap horror Grindhouse movies of the 70s, but Rodriguez didn't have to be so faithful to the genre and make a crap movie.

Freebirda This is one of my favorite movies, and in my opinion, one of Tarantino's best films. Its hilarious, has plenty of action,gore,violence.....and zombies. It also has plenty of big names in it, including Tarantino, and you can tell that they all had fun making it. In terms of comparison, i'd put it back to back with from dusk till dawn, replacing that films vampires with the afore mentioned zombies. Its just as over the top, if not a little more so. The only real complaint I have, is the little scratching noises, the parts that are supposed to look like they were over exposed, and every once in awhile, the card that would come up with "scene missing" on it. Yes, as I said I know this was all done deliberately, to make it look like a drive in movie, but it still became annoying after awhile. This movie is worth seeing just to see the fate of Tarantino's character, and the infamous "melting dick" scene.