The movie is full of ballsy awesome.

Rating: 9/10 (22 April 2007)

Flat out amazing awesome fun. Rodriguez and Tarantino capture all the craziness and quirks of the old Grindhouse cinema, and make something new of it. This isn't just some homage or paean, this is taking the tropes and clichés of the genre, and making it something palatable for modern audiences, while remaining true to the spirit of the old b-movies.
The trailers are some of the best moments in the movie, but the rest is full of amazingly ballsy action that staples your eyelids to the screen.
Planet Terror is non stop action and craziness from start to finish. Rodriguez goes for the jugular and never lets go of your throat the whole time. Its crazy, its unbelievable, its unrealistic - but its totally fun.
Death Proof was, to my mind, the stronger of the two. Its a slower build, sure, and full of Tarantino's patented dialogue, but the characters are more engaging, rather that just set pieces for the action, and the story is crazy enough to be scary. PT is gross, over the top, and balls-to-the-wall. Death Proof is slow, methodical, and deadly, much like the main character of Stuntman Mike. Its still plenty of fun, but it takes longer to get to the action, but WHAT action. Zoe Bell is outstanding, and the two big chase sequences at the end are among the best ever filmed.
I can't wait until the full length directors cut DVDs come out.