Excellent double feature well worth the ticket cost.

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2007)

Before hand I want to point out that I am a fan of both Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, and being that I usually know what to expect at both directors movies so I loved this film(both films).
In Rodriguez's "Plannet Terror" the story basically follows a group of unlikely hero's who fight off a horde of the chemical-filled-zombie-things-that-were-caused-by-the-government. "Plannet Terror" basically is your parody of old corny 70's/80's zombie/action flicks with corny dialog in all. I think all of the actors did pretty well, some of there dialog was corny buy I think(hope) it was apart of the whole parody thing. Hats off to Rose McGowan, who plays the GoGoDancer Cherry, that loses her leg and later gets a machine gun on it, epically does great in this flick; I never really thought much of her as an actress before this, so yay for her.
The content in this movie certainly isn't for all ages, you got your helping to: over the top violence and gore, language, and sex(peg leg sex....). So if your a fan of gory thrashers you'd be at home with "Plannet Terror", but if your not a fan of limbs falling off don't back away from this movie yet; the violence is so over the top you probably wont mind(kinda like Kill Bill v.1). And the sex scene(peg leg sex......) doesn't get to showy for it is interrupted by a missing reel (this missing reel is used in both flicks in Grindhouse), and there is an almost rape scene in the movie that is so sickly disgusting; and who other to be the rapist then Quentin Tarantino who also has a cameo in his own part of Grind House "Death Proof".
All in all "Plannet Terror" was a great movie. It has good acting and I was shocked to see Bruce Willis in it so that was cool. Great first half of Grind House does "Death Proof" stand to "Plannet Terror"?
"Death Proof" Tarantino's installment in Grind House. "Death Proof" follows two groups of women and sadistic/smooth/crazy/crybaby character StuntManMike, impressing played by Kurt Russell.
I loved "Death Proof" but like I said I am a fan of Tarantino's work. Let me say, chances are if you like Tarantino then you will like "Death Proof" if not then *maybe* you wont. Maybe because it is a different kind Tarantino movie, but if you don't like the stand out dialog he puts in his movies then...... well.... just know "Death Proof" has a lot of that kind of dialog. I find the pop-culture/witty dialog funny and memorable so for me, like all the other Tarantino flicks, I had no problem with it at all.
This film is shot in a great way, and the car crash scene was so gory and repulsive it left me wanting more. Hands down best crash scene in ANY movie. Its awesome.
The acting in this movie is pretty good for everyone. Let me throw my hat off to Kurt Russell and Rosario Dawson because their acting made the part. Kurt Russell because he shows he can *still* act that cool action guy like he used to in EscapeFromNewYork. And to Rosario Dawson, not because her acting really stood out from the other women, but because it thrills me that she gets to be in movies like these. She's been in more "nerdy" films lately and its been working out for both her acting job and her fan boost. You go to a comic book convention before she was in Sin City and you'd probably see no one knew who she was (although she was good in 25th hour). So its cool to see a young talented actress play in these movie(examples: Clerks II, Sin City, Devil's Rejects, Descent).
Also Tarantino makes a cameo in this movie as a bar owner, and it was cool to see him, but it was no way as memorable as his little role in Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs or even his little part in "Plannet Terror", but still its cool to see him getting so involved in his movies.
Content ways this movie was really only violent in one part(granted that part is pretty gory), but has almost more swearing then Pulp Fiction. So if you are sensitive to cursing in movies "Death Proof" (and "Plannet Terror" really) are not for you.
"Death Proof" was a great second half of Grind House even though some would say it had a slow start it is just as good as "Plannet Terror", but just know both movies are completely different, COMPLETELY different movies with close to nothing in common. Both good movies making Grind House a great experience
Grind House also has some funny fake movie trailers before the two main movies. All of them are funny. Eli Roth did one and Rob Zombie did too. In my opinion none of the trailers matched Rodriguez's "Machete" trailer that is laugh out loud funny.
Grind House is a great movie that will leave you talking about it and quoting one liners from it years to come....