A fun blood bath with great writing and delivery (just skip the ending)!

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2019)

Coming close to 25 years after its first release, I rewatched From Dusk Till Dawn, and it surprisingly holds up well. Although Clooney later goes on to win an Oscar for his dramatic roles, I think this is his best role. The Tarantino/ Rodriguez team is stellar at getting the most out of their actors, and understands cool moments. This film is no different, hoping from cool scene to cool scene with great performances all around.
The Gecko brothers have escaped prison, and for the first 1/2 of the film we watch them flee from the law. Once they manage to escape to Mexico, well that is when the Vampires come in. There is not much to spoil in this film, as Clooney and Tarantino (in his biggest film role) go from scene to scene of carnage and cool. The usual Tarantino tropes are all here, and for the most part all hit.
The special effects have not aged particularly well, but they aren't terrible either. And the 'CG' is laughable (I thought this the first time I saw it in the 90s too, and 20 years has not improved it at all).
Now any film with Vampires can't be taken too seriously, however this Tarantino/Rodriguez film is the beginnings of their trend of having cool films devolve into silliness near the end. It does get ridiculous and dumb to a gowning fault by the end. My best advice is simply wait till there are 15 minutes left in the film and simply turn it off then. It's better that way.