Two mediocre films for the price of one.

Rating: 4/10 (4 June 2008)

The Story: Seth & Richard Gecko, two violent criminals on the run from the law, kidnap an ex-minister & his children in order to escape into Mexico. While waiting for a contact at the Titty Twister, a dusk-till-dawn bar for truckers & bikers, they are attacked by an army of vampires & must fight till dawn to survive.
It's not often you get to see two different directors (& good friends) combine their talents to make a genre film such as this. Working from an old script that Tarantino wrote when he was still a video store clerk, Rodriguez creates two different films for the price of one. The first 40 minutes consist of a fairly average getaway film. But instead of being hip, there is no wit in the dialogue, the acting is mediocre & the characterizations one-dimensional. Plus George Clooney's character tries to be likable but fails. Things get worse when the film changes once the characters reach the Titty Twister. The gore flies think & fast, along with credibility  the characters learn how to kill vampires in next to no time, yet later have a discussion on how to kill them. Fred Williamson's speech on how he decimated a Viet Cong squad is purely unnecessary. Tom Savini's biker Sex Machine wields a genital-shaped gun, one of the most stupid weapons ever designed & later turns into a huge rat for no reason at all. There is a lot of blood, but it has no real effect.
Score: 4 out of 10