GRINDHOUSE Film Review - 17/5/07

After the excellent work done on "Sin City" I was hoping for a repeat collaboration between Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino along the lines of "From Dusk To Dawn" unfortunately we end up with another "Kill Bill Parts 1 & 2" with "Grindhouse" which is a dismal mess and flopped in the States. Paying homage to the 70's habit of the double-feature and exploitation in general we get a film from Robert Rodriguez with "Planet Terror" and the flip-side with "Death Proof" from Quentin Tarantino interspersed with some fake trailers, sound dropping out, voices out of sync, cuts, scratches, flickering tapes, missing film reels and just a total hash really! Whilst churning this rubbish out instead of getting on with something original such as the sequel to "Sin City" I feel really is a waste of their time and ours! The cast reads like a who's who of previous Rodriguez/Tarantino guest stars with some new names also cropping up. "Planet Terror" is a typical zombie-fest type of film (and the better of the two) and then "Death Proof" starts off well but falls apart at the end. Nice try lads - It must be great to do anything you want and indulge yourselves all the time with your mates and the Studios money.