Grindhouse
April 5, 2007
Rated: R Runtime: 191 min Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My GOD! Look at the Vital Stats for this one! Have we ever had a film that scored so high on all the important stats here at Movies for Guys? I haven’t looked to be sure, but I highly doubt it!
The eagerly anticipated “double feature” from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino is here and it delivers everything as promised…and then some! As you should be aware by now, Grindhouse is a double feature that pays homage to the old 1970s exploitation flicks. And what did those old trashy movies have in them? Just look back over to the stats again, man! Explosions, body parts, car chases, sex and even a few laughs! It’s all here!
There’s no need whatsoever to analyze Grindhouse as you might normally do with a film. None of the normal rules apply. The normal rules, in fact, would tell you that this is a really horrible movie when, in fact, the exact opposite is true.
It is obvious that both Rodriguez and Tarantino not only have a thorough knowledge of their source material, but also a deep affection for it. The reproductions here are very precise and completely dead-on perfect. Everything that annoyed you about seeing movies in a cheap, run-down theater or drive in 30 years ago is back again. Only this time, you don’t mind it at all because its all intentional and its there merely to send you back down memory lane.
Grindhouse starts off with a fake trailer (of which there are several in the movie…all priceless gems in and of themselves). Next up is Rodriguez’s feature, Planet Terror. Nothing fancy here; just a standard zombie movie plot with some very entertaining and hilarious characters thrown into the mix. After its over, more fake trailers are shown. I think my favorites of the evening were for movies named Machete and Werewolf Women of the SS. And last up is Tarantino’s segment entitled Death Proof. The story here centers around Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell), a hollywood stuntman (duh!) and loner who enjoys murdering women…and this time he’s picked on the wrong women.
Yay I say unto thee: Grindhouse has come down upon us from on high and the time of the reckoning is nigh! So I reckon I’ll head on down to the local Regal and watch this thing a few more times!
Seen it? How many stars do you give it?
(7 votes, average: 4.71 out of 5)
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[...] Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez made to 1970s exploitation movies (Previously reviewed here on MoviesforGuys). Unfortunately the movie bombed at the Box Office. I suspect part of the reason [...]