Grindhouse - Hit and Miss

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2007)

This could easily be the movie of the year in itself with no advertisements, yet it will be hard to get a crowd that doesn't leave the theater when Planet Terror is over thinking the movie was over...which is what happened at the theater I went to. Almost half of the people got up and left, which is probably going to hurt the films income in the theater due to many people thinking it was a short film,  Or maybe they've seen the movie already and just came for Planet Terror! Who knows, both features were excellent, including screenplay, plot outline and both acting and directing. I can safely say I liked Planet Terror a lot more than Death Proof in many ways.
Planet Terror: This feature had everything you would ever want in a fast paced, up-to-date, horror film. Blood, Guts, Missing Brains, Bubbling Flesh, and Bruce Willis being in control, as usual, all make it a perfect Saturday night at the movies. Rose McGowan scorches the screen and Freddy Rodriguez went flawless in every scene he was in. Marley Shelton's best role by far, as she was stunning and I can't forget Michael Biehn, who I've been a fan of ever since Aliens. His character was the highlight of Planet Terror, he fit his role perfectly. The acting all in all was so good and the directing was so precise in this feature, I didn't want it to end at all. There were many little "quirks" that kept the audience laughing and on edge off and on the entire film, at perfect times. Plenty of excitement, great one-liners and insane special effects make this feature worth seeing by itself. This was a definite Hit!
Death Proof: This feature starts off decent, but slowly loses the audience due to many minutes of pointless dialog with absolutely nothing happening to take interest to. Death Proof itself would be a great movie to watch and just that, but I think that the audience still wanted more excitement after watching Planet Terror, that we didn't expect it to slow down as much as it did. But at any rate, it picks up at the end and the chase scenes were spectacular alone, well worth the 45 minutes of boredom for the end to finally take place, and it does with a bang. Zoe was the highlight of this feature hands down, she is an amazing actress and an even better stunt devil. Some of the things she was doing were kind of pointless but it's WHAT she was doing that was exciting to watch, and that goes without saying Kurt Russell's performance was great, as usual, very good acting and he played his part perfectly. I can't think of anyone that could have played that role better. Although there were some parts in this feature that were incredible, most of it was pointless, and sadly enough, I thought that Death Proof could have gone a lot better, so it was a Miss.
I recommend this film to anyone who's a fan of gore, action, comedy, hot chicks, explosions, zombies and pure adrenaline. It was a spectacular film and worth the 2 hour drive we took to go see it and I aim to see it again next week when it comes to my town.