'Okay, ramblers.... Lets get rambling'

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2020)

Absolutely amazing! Focusing on the Gecko brothers (George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino) and the family they take hostage (Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu) travelling across the borders into Mexico to escape the authorities after a bank heist. It's one hell of a ride from start to finish including a massive plot twist half way through which, if you don't know anything about the film before going in, will blow your mind! A fantastically paced combination of crime thriller and horror, Rodriguez crafts a ridiculously fun and darkly sleazy tale while including riotously great action and gruesome gore. The performances are great; definately Tarantino's best role as the creepy and psychopathic Richard, sibling of Gordon who is similarly a career best from George Clooney. Gordon is threatening and unstable but also has an irresistible charm that makes the audience and family he kidnaps feel oddly comfortable around him. There are awesome cameos from Rodriguez's favourites Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin (in awfully but hilariously perverted form) and Salma Hayek; particular standout from Hayek in probably one of the sexiest and most badass dance sequences ever captured on film! The script by Tarantino is naturally witty, sharp and effortlessly cool. Rodriguez injects his trademark styles throughout including fantastically choreographed action and music sections, the best kind of cheesy dialogue deliveries and just the coolest of swaggering flair. An early demonstration of Rodriguez/Tarantino's partnership and their obsession with grindhouse movies, it's essential viewing and proper popcorn entertainment