Death Proof - highly entertaining; Planet Terror - disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (23 May 2019)

Death Proof: 8/10
Very entertaining and action-filled.
Good drama and fun, with some good action scenes. Has the depth of character and amusing conversations and diversions that make Tarantino movies so special.
However, not as multi-faceted as any of his other movies, and a deliberate attempt to make a B-grade movie, this is Tarantino's worst movie yet. Not that it is bad, just not as good as any of his other stuff, and considering that "other stuff" includes some of the greatest movies ever made - Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill - this is not a great insult.

Planet Terror: 2/10
Disappointing.
I liked the Quentin Tarantino contribution to the Grindhouse pair of movies, "Death Proof". I have always been more of a Tarantino fan than Robert Rodriguez, but thought "Sin City" was brilliant and expected at least something entertaining for "Planet Terror". No, it is incredibly lame.
Plot is full of holes, action sequences are incredibly contrived, acting is wooden.
I realise that this was a homage to the Z-grade cheap horror Grindhouse movies of the 70s, but Rodriguez didn't have to be so faithful to the genre and make a crap movie.