Grindhouse

GRINDHOUSE (2007) - April 13, 2007
This was a bit disappointing. Featuring two full-length films, one by Robert Rodriguez and one by Quentin Tarantino, neither of which were all that great. Rodriguez's film - Planet Terror - about some kind of zombie infestation, was pretty mediocre, but then it's Robert Rodriguez so I wasn't expecting much. It was Tarantino's film, Death Proof, which was truly disappointing, as it was easily the weakest of all his films. Its main problem was that it felt disjointed, with two unrelated groups of girls being victimized by Kurt Russell's Stuntman Mike (who was easily the best thing about the whole film). The first batch of girls talk a lot and then get killed, and then the second (completely unrelated) batch of girls talk a lot and then almost get killed, and then get revenge. That's about it. It was decent enough I guess (especially compared to Rodriguez's film) but certainly not up to Tarantino's high standards. As for Planet Terror, it started off enjoyable enough, but quickly grew tedious with its unending action and explosions. Towards the end it started to feel less like a film, and more like being forced to watch someone else play a bad videogame. ** for Planet Terror, **1/2 for Death Proof, and overall: **1/2