Where are you taking us? Mexico. What's in Mexico? Mexicans.

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2009)

Mental. Absolutely mental. That's how I'd sum up From Dusk Till Dawn. Revolving around the Gecko brothers and their attempts to cross the Mexican border to safety by using a family and their motorhome the first half provides us with a really compelling action film in a similar vein to Tarantino-directed films.
What then occurs is camp, B-movie style, splatter, vampire nonsense pretty much until the conclusion of the film as Clooney and friends attempt to escape the bar with their lives intact. Weird..but I love it! Yes the switch in genre is surprising but it works and I applaud Rodriguez for daring to do such a thing. Many people have criticized FDTD for doing this but in my opinion the switch is a refreshing change. There are countless films that go along the same way as FDTD was going but there are not many films that dare to do this.
It's easily Rodriguez' best effort to date and really shouldn't be viewed as anything but good fun! Clooney is fantastic in the first half of the film (as is Tarantino) although both of their performances do get a little shadowed as the vampire mayhem kicks in. Finally, FDTD boasts a script filled with witty dark humour that had me laughing on many occasions. Bravo! 8/10