Not Bad at all. But the first movie is better than the second.

Rating: 7/10 (12 April 2007)

With Grindhouse, I enjoyed both segments of the movie. I also enjoyed the false previews and all the scratchy lines that were added to make it look more like the old grind-house films that these two movies copied. Out of both films, I found Planet Terror by Robert Rodriquez to be my favorite. It's all out action and gore. Death Proof, the second segment by Quentin Taratino was okay, but the first half of that segment was pretty dull. It was mostly uninteresting dialog in a bar, but the last half of that act and the second act following it were well worth it.
We start with Planet Terror. In this story we discover that some sort of chemical is released and soon turns people into the walking dead. Like Romero's zombies (the movie that this film follows) these zombies also enjoy eating people. It is up to a ragtag bunch of people who seem to be immune to stop the disaster before it takes over the world. The dialog was hysterical and I enjoyed all the characters because they were all stereotypes of other characters in other horror movies. One of the characters, who loses a leg, even gets a automatic rifle which becomes her new leg. She uses the new weapon to wipe out hordes of the zombies. Hysterical and intentionally so. The whole movie was.
This is followed by Death Proof. The first half of this segment has a group of girlfriends meeting in a bar to celebrate one of their friend's birthdays. This part of the movie, like I said above, was boring because of a lot of lame dialog. Maybe I didn't get it and am missing something, but I didn't find any of the dialog to be interesting at all. It does help in letting us know a little about the characters before things take a very serious and horrifying turn in the second half which was the best part of this half of Death Proof. This all leads into the second act of Death Proof which was incredible. Robert Rodriquez in Planet Terror celebrated all the zombie movies and George Romero, and this time around Quentin Taratino celebrates movies like Vanishing Point. Movies where muscle cars ruled and were involved in high speed car chases. This was a wonderful second act.
Grindhouse is the type of movie that will work for both the older generation and the younger generation of moviegoers. Many of the older people who were teenagers in the fifties and sixties will probably find this movie wonderful and nostalgic. Those from the younger generation of movie goers will find it to be fun, and give them a sense of something new to talk about. Those in between will like it as well.