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Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez
have put together a double-feature film -- along with two trailers
-- which are each worth the price of admission alone.
This is a love-fest for fans of gory trashy
things and just silly fun.
You get the shaky projector, the cracks
and pops in the audio, the hairs and tears in the film, even
a few missing reels -- just like you're in a rundown grindhouse
theater.
Tarantino and Rodriguez both have a gift
for quirky, insightful, darkly funny dialog that brings back
memories from my early movie-watching days.
I didn't like this movie, I loved it! |
It's a no brainer!
If you've never seen a zombie film or any
of the many car-chase exploitation films of the 60s & 70s,
then you won't get this movie.
An affectionate tribute to B pictures of
dubious taste that often ran as double features, this one has
a gore-fest disguised as a sci-fi and a typical Tarantino film
hidden in a car-chase / revenge flick.
Both are good, but it's the double -feature
format, complete with "prevues," scratchy film, and
missing reels that make it smart, funny, and a definite must-see
for fans of the genre. |
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez
are two unbranded Hollywood directors who join forces to recreate
the experience of going to a run-down 1970s grindhouse theater
where one could see a double-feature in the horror, action, or
soft-core types.
The two maverick put together, out of respect
and loyalty, an old-school three-hour night at the movies, a
trashed-up double bill complete with scratchy, mismatched prints,
and trailers for bad slasher and revenge films. |