Grindhouse Film Review

Double feature films are sadly a thing of the past with them only being remembered by the most die hard of cinema lovers. With two of those lovers being Hollywood heavyweights Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino doing something to set that right and as a result of that is in the year 2007 we got a double feature from two directors who really just make whatever kind of film that they want to make and so then join me as a I review that really should have been a hit film with the film in question being called simply just "Grindhouse" enjoy.

The plots of this film is in Planet Terror a group of survivors find there small Texan town overrun by zombies and have to do whatever it takes to survive where as in Death Proof a group of people have to outwit a deadly stuntman who wants them all dead and buried. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually feature / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty not that bad with the plot of Planet Terror being the better of the two films plot wise as it not only embraces the zombie genre but also has alot of fun with it where as the plot of Death Proof just felt like that it was Tarantino on auto pilot that's not to say that it's a bad plot because it's not it's just that you expect better from the writer and director of Kill Bill and The Hateful Eight with the plots of the films both being really entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in these films is Rose McGowan as Cherry Darling and Pam , Freddy Rodriguez as El Wray and Josh Brolin as Dr. William Block. Also starring in this film is Marley Shelton as Dr. Dakota Block , Jeff Fahey as J.T. Hague , Michael Biehn as Sheriff Hague , Rebel Rodriguez as Tony Block , Naveen Andrews as Dr. John "Abby" Abbington , Julio Oscar Mechoso as Romy , Fergie as Tammy Visan , Nicky Katt as Joe , Hung Nguyen as Dr. Crane , Tom Savini as Deputy Tolo , Carlos Gallardo as Deputy Carlos , Skip Reissig as Skip , Electra and Elise Avellan as The Crazy Babysitter Twins , Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike McKay , Zoë Bell as Herself , Rosario Dawson as Abernathy Ross , Vanessa Ferlito as Arlene , Sydney Tamiia Poitier as Jungle Julia Lucai , Tracie Thoms as Kim Mathis , Jordan Ladd as Shanna , Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lee Montgomery , Death Proofs writer , director and producer , Planet Terrors producer and the producer of Grindhouse Quentin Tarantino as Warren and Lewis , Marcy Harriell as Marcy , Eli Roth as Dov , Omar Doom as Nate , Michael Bacall as Omar , Monica Staggs as Lanna Frank , Jonathan Loughran as Jasper , James Parks as Ranger Edgar McGraw and Bruce Willis as Lieutenant Muldoon.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good for the most part. As while we do have some really good solid actors turning in some good performances in this film at the same time tho we also get alot of really bad performances in both of these films with the worst offender for this film being Planet Terror as that films writer , producer and director Robert Rodriguez just straight up hired his friends for alot of the roles and alot of them just can't act but at the same time the friends that he hired to do the film aren't actors and as a result to expect a good performance out of them just wouldn't make sense and of course we get some really good acting out of Death Proof as Quentin Tarantino knows how to get a good performance out of his cast with the acting for both films really being helped by the fact that the scripts of both of these films are so good that all these films casts have to do is just the say lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to improve the overall quality of the acting that's in this film.

Doing the CGI for these films is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Double Negative , The Orphanage and Troublemaker Digital Studios. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about thew actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very films well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these very films was in all honesty really good with Planet Terror having some really good use of CGI as it's only used to create something that would be physically impossible to create practically which is a really great way to use CGI as it's something that couldn't be done practically and has to be done in a computer which is a great way to use CGI instead of using to replace someone or something that was there on the day and replacing with something or someone else and it helps that the effect on the CGI good really does look really good and as is an effect that has aged really well all of these years later.

This film whilst not successful at the box office still somehow managed to spawn three spin off films all from the films many fake trailers. Which is a great way to continue on with this franchise without having to make a Grindhouse 2 but at the same time tho those films don't recapture the magic that is this film this is despite the fact that alot of those films are still really good films in there own and heck even two of those film have managed to spawn sequels with Machete getting Machete Kills and Thanksgiving is getting a sequel in 2025 but there's one trailer that's perfect for it's director and that's Werewolf Women Of The SS with this fake trailer making it seem like that it's the absolutely perfect film for it's director Rob Zombie as it has alot of things that Rob Zombie is known for however just going of the fake trailer it comes across the type of the film that would be perfect for a director like Rob Zombie to make as it's just balls to the wall insanity and given how much love Rob Zombie has for the horror genre it makes you wonder why he hasn't tried to turn Werewolf Women Of The SS into an actual movie.

Out of the two films while Death Proof is the better made film it's Planet Terror that's the more entertaining film to watch. As that film despite being very cheesy and like a low budget horror film it's also a film that has alot of the more cooler and just pure fun moments where as Death Proof on the other hand despite having the better acting out of the two and the more interesting premise out of the two films it's also the one that's the more boring of the two films as not alot actually happens which makes you wonder Quentin Tarantino decided that this script was good enough or decided that he was doing a good enough film as we know for a fact that he can make great films just look at the rest of his filmography as prove of that but while Death Proof isn't that good of a film it's still a good example of the director showing his love for classic cinema as we get very little to know CGI in Death Proof with it being all done practically and was most likely shot on film where as Planet Terror was shot digitally and it's that small attention to detail that makes this film a great throwback to something that will never be coming back. 

To give Death Proof some credit it's main villain Stuntman Mike is a somewhat good villain as while he does have a great way of killing people we the audience don't get the chance to find out why he is the way that he is. Where as with alot of the more villainous characters from Planet Terror we do get to understand why they are the way that they are and that makes it easier for us the audience to hate them where as with Stuntman Mike despite him being the more villain who is just a pure joy to watch in Death Proof just comes across as being very one note and as a result of that it makes it harder for us the audience to dislike him as we're not really given a reason to hate him outside of the fact that he's the villain and that's really it and as a result of that is the fact that he comes across as being a really forgettable villain when on paper he sounds like one of the more memorable horror villains and yet people don't talk about him and that's because of the fact that he is a forgettable villain where as the more villainous characters in Planet Terror are alot more memorable.

Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly three hours and eleven minuets and twenty one seconds. With each of this films two separate films being around one hour and thirty minuets each with that running time being a great running time for either film to have as both films have more then enough there interms of plot to really cover that large amount of running time with both films using there running time as best that they could have done in the short amount of time that they both had an while yes both films would have been better if they were slightly longer as then they could fully flesh out characters a bit more and make them stand out from all of the other horror characters and thus become alot more three dimensional in adding on even fifteen more minuets they'd be stretching there already pretty thinly drawn out plots even thinner but I will admit that both films really do have some really good pacing to them tho.

So now then as these are horror films that means that to have to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in these very films well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in these very films were in all honesty not that bad. With both films having some really good kills and while Planet Terror has the more over the top and outlandish kills which are always fun to watch it's Death Proof that has the better kills in the fil just due to the fact that the kills main weapon is so unique in that it's his car and seeing him use that car to take out his victims in the films first half was really entertaining to see with and while the second half of Death Proof does have truly iconic car chase scene at the end of the film the film itself doesn't live up it's slasher name with Planet Terror having more kills all of which are just balls to wall fun to see in the film and it's those kills that help to make this film really fun to watch as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall out of the two films whilst Death Proof is the better made of the two films it's Planet Terror that's quite the more entertaining and better of the two films overall and both films go along way to showing you there respective directors love for cinema as a whole as both films are something that really do need to be seen to be believed in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very films in this very review and such that means that this very film really does earn itself a grand old total combined score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review ell then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this film being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this episode up on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.