Great Atmosphere Makes "FDTD" one of the best of it's kind

Rating: 9/10 (26 January 2000)

To call "From Dusk Till Dawn" a B-movie would be wrong, although many consider it to be. I've been a huge Tarantino fan since "Reservoir Dogs" came out on video, and an equally big Rodriguez fan. If you know these directors beyond their films, you might know that they both share a passion for B-movie westerns and shoot-em-up gangster flicks. It seems that they combined both genres to help create "From Dusk Till Dawn," which at times SEEMS like a B-movie, only to add to it's feel. I was probably very lucky to not know what this movie was about before I saw it, which is rare. Therefore I was in for the surprise of my life when it turned suddenly from an intense "fleeing robbers" tale to a semi-horror movie. The whole film, from the very beginning has an EXCELLENT feel of creepiness to it. The film is excellently directed by Rodriguez, equipped with one of the best opening scenes I can rememeber.
(POSSIBLE SPOILERS) In the end, "From Dusk Till Dawn," is full of mystery in it's own way, with alot of questions for the viewer to ponder about the origins of the evil the Gecko brothers encountered, and the origin of the brothers themselves. I don't know about you guys, but those questions have always intrigued me. Maybe that's why "FDTD" has become one of my favorite movies since I first saw it in '96.