Planet Terror :: Review

The second release of the two part Grindhouse masterpiece is Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror. This is a movie George Romero or John Carpenter would be proud of. Hats off to Rodriguez for throwing down as hard as he did. From machine gun legs to exploding heads, he didn't hold anything back. There are truly awesome moments.

It is set in present time but presented in the Grindhouse late 70's style of grainy video, bad cuts, sound, and score. That was one of my favorite things, how that kept up through the whole movie. Even though the effects were top notch compared to what they could have done in the late 70's, Rodriquez managed to capture that film making quality of that time perfectly.

The military sets out to purchase a biochemical weapon from an underground scientist. Things go wrong and Cherry Darling (Rose McGowan) is thrown into the middle of a brilliant splatter fest. Zombies, infected flesh eating freaks, Uncle Ted, whatever you want to call the monsters I don't think matters. They were done with enough difference from other films of this same type that it felt fresh and new. It had a great script and followed the story and characters very well. The audience wasn't left looking for answers from bad plot points.

There was also references to the very end of From Dusk til' Dawn when Clooney mentions El' Ray. I don't know if it meant anything but I found it to be a nice surprise I wasn't expecting.

I can't say enough cool things about this film except you have to see it, it's brilliant in every form. Rodriquez and Tarantino are masters of their craft, and I love watching the end results.

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