Great.... just missed Outstanding

Rating: 9/10 (7 April 2007)

The opening trailer "Machete" sets the pace for the entire movie. You laugh, and you are disgusted at the same time. (If they do do a sequel, I hope Machete is one of them). Planet Terror is hands down the better of the two films. The zombie-flesh-infected people with guns, blood, guts,and overall disgust, with a mix of sex and humor is everything a exploitation film should have (under Hollywood's pressures and the MPAA). The middle fake trailers were good as well. My favorite being Eli Roth's Thanksgiving. There is an immediate resemblance to John Carpenter's Halloween, except on Turkey Day. Finally, Death Proof had its HIGHS and LOWS. The highs were the action. The lows was Tarantino's TWO ENDLESS RANTS. I love his dialogue but two very similar dialogue scenes that last for over 40 minutes of the movie is too much. Plus, the dialogue was not even relevant unlike his dialogue in Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction. But in the end, it takes two to be a grindhouse and it was worth the 10 dollar admission. 9 out of 10