Stupid, stupid second half

Rating: 7/10 (18 September 1999)

My Age: 13
Two criminal brothers, Seth and Richard Gecko, played by George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino, begin a crime spree driving through Texas, trying to get to Mexico where a man has promised them sanctuary in exchange for 30% of their stolen money. To ensure that they get across the border, they take a preacher named Jacob Fuller, played by Harvey Keitel, and his two children, played by Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu, hostage. Once they get across the border, they go to a bar called the Titty Twister where they encounter vampires.
From Dusk Till Dawn starts off promisingly enough, with the plot of the two brothers on a crime spree, which takes up the first half of the movie. Until the vampires come in, the movie is quite good, enjoyable, and it makes sense. The second half, however, when the vampire plot comes in just completely ruins the movie. They just go to a bar and there are vampires. The movie gives you no reason why they are there, what their origins are, or how they came to being. There is absolutely no plot in it, it is just killing, killing, and more brainless killing. Everything that had been accomplished in the first half of the movie, including its plot, is just thrown out the window and replaced by stupidity and violence. Why did they even bother with the first half's plot, when it is just going to be thrown away by the rest of the movie. I enjoy violent action films a lot, but I didn't even enjoy seeing these vampires being gunned down countless times. The whole second half of the movie is set in only two rooms, and one of them for only about 5 minutes. It would have been much better if they could have proceeded into the depths of the building to encounter the vampires. I wish they had made this into two movies. The first half's plot would have made for an impressive movie by itself, and if the second half's vampire plot had been stretched into one movie by itself, it may have had time to proceed into the depths of the building, explain where they came from and why they were there. Just think of all the talent wasted in this movie: George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Salma Hayek, Ernest Liu, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez. From Dusk Till Dawn just ends up being a stupid, disappointing film.
Australian Classification: R 18+: Medium Level Violence, Horror Theme
Rating: 38 out of 100