the beginning is slow, whats bad is that the beginning is the best part

Rating: 7/10 (8 August 2005)

Rodriguez's story about a family abducted and taken to Mexico, only to encounter vampires is a bit extreme, but has its moments. The thing that saves this film is great dialogue due to a screenplay supplied by costar Tarantino. The direction is pretty good although it wasn't always interesting. Keitel is good in his role, as well as Clooney who gives one of his better performances. Tarantino was horrible in his acting, but Juliette Lewis was refreshing, as were supporting actors Marin and Trejo who are favorites of mine from other rodriguez flicks (marin from cheech and chong). This film however was not great, the vampires were scary, thats 7/10