Grindhouse (2007)

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The movie theater is in desperate need of more films that are more like events. Grindhouse not only invites you to see 2 off-the-wall, shoot-em-up, blood-and-guts, t-and-a fests, but, gives you an experience that most of this generation has never partaken of. The glory of the double feature and actually sitting in a theatre and seeing what is considered an exploitation film...well, except for Disney cartoons.

The screen is grainy and opens with what has become a Tarantino signature...the old school "feature presentation" interstitial, but before we get there we treated to a fake preview for a political Mexican shoot-out called "Machete." There are rumors that "Machete" is being released soon in its entirety, but, no date has been set. After the preview we get a hot bloody in your face logo that spells out GRINDHOUSE. You dig? I did. So sit back, sip your cola, and cut a hole in your popcorn bucket, cuz this is gonna be a party.

Planet Terror, our first film offering, is a gassed up zombie gore fest that opens with hot little number Cherry Darling (Rose McGowen) giving us classic go-go while she cries. It's hard to tell if the convoluted plot of Planet Terror is intentional or a beautiful accident. Either way we meet so many characters in the next 20mins it's almost hard to keep track....El Wray (Freddy Roderigez) a gun fugitive, Dr. Dakota Block (Marley Shelton) a pro with needles, her insane husband (Josh Brolin), the sheriff (Micheal Biehn), his brother the man with the perfect BBQ sauce (Jeff Fahey), a testicle collecting chemical arms dealer (Naveen Andrews), an evil green gas addicted Lieutenant (Bruce Willis)...and Fergie. Whew! With everyone in place the town goes crazy with gas infected cannibal zombies called the "infected." All the action culminates in some really rad-tasticly gory shoot outs and a riotous missing reel where we've missed many plot points. Everyone ends up jailed at a military compound held hostage by gassed up soldiers sniffing the green stuff from intricate backpacks. It's up to El Wray to get the gang out. More action, plus Cherry (who lost her leg to cannibals earlier) gets a really sexy machine gun leg. Our heroes escape...some of them anyway, and end up with their backs against the ocean in a post apocalyptic world where they've been left to constantly battle the undead. Like I said....PARTY!

Immediately following Planet Terror is an intermission, but, you don't wanna go anywhere. One of the best parts of the Grindhouse experience is the next 15 minutes of fake previews directed by some of the hottest horror directors including Rob Zombie and Eli Roth. There's even a cheesy little add for a Mexican food place that could be next door to the theatre. After you've gotten ...

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