Anyone wary of straying from this title, either due to hype, or disappointment of Quentin Tarantino attaching his name to any recent foreign flick with flair, will genuinely be sorry if they miss this tandem outing from the qwerky director and his partner in crime (movies), The father of El Mariachi himself, Robert Rodriguez.
GrindHouse, from the very beginning, has Tarantino's 70s fetish fingerprints all over it. From the intro before the film, to the title credits and music selection, the viewer is transported into a world that is surreal, and yet overlaps with a new-age filmaking style that captivates you until the end scenes.
The first movie in the double feature, Planet Terror, is directed by Rodriguez, set in a dark town in Texas. The story involves the leak of a deadly bio-chemical weapon, that turns the ordinary townsfolk into flesh-eating zombies, and only a brave Go-Go Dancer (not a stripper she clearly exclaimed) named Cherry and her group of vigilante survivors can stop them.
The second feature, Death Proof, is a story filled to the brim with dark humour, with the triumphant and sadistically-charged return of famed actor Kurt Russel in the role of a voyeuristic mystery-man, Stuntman Mike. Directed by Tarantino, the avid viewer will see many stylistic similarities to his most recent adventure, Kill Bill, with even more in-your-face, no-holds barred (and sure to be controversial) action.
The trailers that precede each film are brilliantly presented, and well worth the campy-ness, a surefire hit with any cult fan of the respective directors, as well as the average moviegoer. With cameos abound, including the filmmakers, comfortably laughable blood and gore, memorable characters, and the occasional "just-cause-we-can" skin flashes, GRINDHOUSE is a sure to be box-office darling, and a must see for any action fan.
GrindHouse, from the very beginning, has Tarantino's 70s fetish fingerprints all over it. From the intro before the film, to the title credits and music selection, the viewer is transported into a world that is surreal, and yet overlaps with a new-age filmaking style that captivates you until the end scenes.
The first movie in the double feature, Planet Terror, is directed by Rodriguez, set in a dark town in Texas. The story involves the leak of a deadly bio-chemical weapon, that turns the ordinary townsfolk into flesh-eating zombies, and only a brave Go-Go Dancer (not a stripper she clearly exclaimed) named Cherry and her group of vigilante survivors can stop them.
The second feature, Death Proof, is a story filled to the brim with dark humour, with the triumphant and sadistically-charged return of famed actor Kurt Russel in the role of a voyeuristic mystery-man, Stuntman Mike. Directed by Tarantino, the avid viewer will see many stylistic similarities to his most recent adventure, Kill Bill, with even more in-your-face, no-holds barred (and sure to be controversial) action.
The trailers that precede each film are brilliantly presented, and well worth the campy-ness, a surefire hit with any cult fan of the respective directors, as well as the average moviegoer. With cameos abound, including the filmmakers, comfortably laughable blood and gore, memorable characters, and the occasional "just-cause-we-can" skin flashes, GRINDHOUSE is a sure to be box-office darling, and a must see for any action fan.