Planet Terror
2007. Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. Starring Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Bruce Willis, and Naveen Andrews.
"If anyone comes to the door that isn't me, I want you to shoot them. Okay? I'm not kidding, Tony. You shoot them... just like your video games. You shoot them in the head."
"What if it's Dad?"
"Especially if it's your dad."
Now I regret missing Grindhouse in the theatre even more. I thought Death Proof would have been great with the right audience. The same is at least equally true of Planet Terror. Robert Rodriguez's entry is a blast, in its sick and horrific own way. It involves a bio-chemical that creates zombies, an unethical scientist with an odd collection, a go-go dancer who gets a machine gun for an artificial leg, and a top secret barbecue recipe. The cast is terrific, the dialogue is great, and the film is very engrossing. The parts with Josh Brolin and Marley Shelton as married doctors whose marriage has gone very wrong is disturbing and thrilling. Freddy Rodriguez and Rose McGowan are terrific as the heroes. I was constantly surprised and excited with each turn of events, the logical and the preposterous. It is a zombie movie, make no mistake. It is bloody and demented, but damn is it fun.
My grade: A-
Grindhouse as a whole: A-
"If anyone comes to the door that isn't me, I want you to shoot them. Okay? I'm not kidding, Tony. You shoot them... just like your video games. You shoot them in the head."
"What if it's Dad?"
"Especially if it's your dad."
Now I regret missing Grindhouse in the theatre even more. I thought Death Proof would have been great with the right audience. The same is at least equally true of Planet Terror. Robert Rodriguez's entry is a blast, in its sick and horrific own way. It involves a bio-chemical that creates zombies, an unethical scientist with an odd collection, a go-go dancer who gets a machine gun for an artificial leg, and a top secret barbecue recipe. The cast is terrific, the dialogue is great, and the film is very engrossing. The parts with Josh Brolin and Marley Shelton as married doctors whose marriage has gone very wrong is disturbing and thrilling. Freddy Rodriguez and Rose McGowan are terrific as the heroes. I was constantly surprised and excited with each turn of events, the logical and the preposterous. It is a zombie movie, make no mistake. It is bloody and demented, but damn is it fun.
My grade: A-
Grindhouse as a whole: A-
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