Planet Terror (2007)

You won't be disappointed!

The Worst Film Ever

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Very disappointing. I liked the Quentin Tarantino contribution to the Grindhouse pair of movies, "Death Proof". I have always been more of a Tarantino fan than Robert Rodriguez, but thought "Sin City" was brilliant and expected at least something entertaining for "Planet Terror". No, it is incredibly lame. Plot is full of holes, action sequences are incredibly contrived, acting is wooden.I realise that this was a homage to the Z-grade cheap horror Grindhouse movies of the 70s, but Rodriguez didn't have to be so faithful to the genre and make a crap movie.

Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007): Dir: Robert Rodriguez / Cast: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey: First of stylized double drive-in style feature regards a deadly gas that turns humanity into zombies. Robert Rodriguez is creative but the plot eventually becomes one graphic scene of violence after another. Rose McGowan delivers a great performance as a go-go dancer whose leg is devoured by zombies and replaced with a machine gun. The methods in which this weapon is used are a low point in over the top violence. Freddy Rodriguez plays her fugitive ex-boyfriend who takes several risks and uses his street smarts to ward off zombies. Josh Brolin plays a cynical doctor who abuses his bi-sexual wife when he learns that she has been involved with another woman. Marley Shelton plays his wife whose hands become lifeless at a pivotal moment. She must survive using other methods that do not regard the use of her hands. Jeff Fahey plays head chef at a fancy little place called The Bone Shack, which is the perfect title for an eatery in a film like this. Between the two Grindhouse films I prefer the Quentin Tarantino version Deathproof, which is broader and more amusing. Both film suit the drive-in market but from two very different sub-genres. With all the graphic violence this film nearly becomes a different type of terror. Score: 5 / 10

I enjoy this movie. It's an interesting take on the zombie apocalypse theme that is so popular over the last decade. I still hate the terrible quality, but as I said in my Grindhouse: Death Proof review, it's made the be like that. I think that annoys me more than the actual bad quality.This movie about a zombie apocalypse. After an experimental bio-weapon is accidentally, sort of purpose, released, it turns thousands of people into zombie-like creatures. They'll eat anyone. A small group of people survive the initial attacks and somehow end up in the same place. They then have to work together to stay alive. Overall, I give this movie an 8 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Awesome.

I preferred Death Proof.... I found Robert Rodriguez to be on top-form throughout this inspired zombie/action/exploitation flick, however much of the duration of the film is like a stuffy, cramped elevator, regarding the over-kill on supporting characters that are really relevant to absolutely nothing. It is almost like a Broadway show with the amount of forgettable characters providing mere comic relief or a nonsensical meandering from the plot. The grainy style of Grindhouse cinema works well whilst watching Rose McGowan play a go-go dancer with a machine gun for a leg that is somehow fully functional as an actual weapon, shooting missiles at zombies. Don't try to make sense of it, you'll probably die. Oh, and watch it with friends when you're drinking, its most fun then.