Grindhouse

R18

2007

191 mins

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
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Action
Comedy
Horror

Hear ye movie geeks. Tarantino & Rodriguez tag team up for a cinematic ode to the blood-soaked exploitation epics of... More

Hear ye movie geeks. Tarantino & Rodriguez tag team up for a cinematic ode to the blood-soaked exploitation epics of the 70s/80s - in the form of a double feature, two 60 minute features.

Rodriguez directs Planet Terror, chronicles the violent struggle between a ravenous army of zombies who taken over, and the remaining survivors who refuse to succumb. Tarantino directs Death Proof, with Kurt Russell as an engine-revving psychopath who has a penchant for hit and runs.

The name 'Grindhouse' comes from a term to describe inner city cinemas in the 70s that showed low-budget independent films which, more often than not, was packed full of nudity & violence to offer something different from Hollywood fare. The influence of such a culture is obvious on the filmmakers and this, it seems, is their unashamed tribute.

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Grindhouse | Ratings & Reviews

84_%194 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
87_%330,538 reviews
Audience score rating

"This monumentally pointless movie is best summarized by a line from Planet Terror: "At some point in your life, you find a use for every useless talent you have." Rodriguez, Tarantino, and Co. aim for nothing more noble than to freak the funk, and it's about godd--- time. Go wasted, go stoned, go without your parents' permission. In paying homage to an obsolete form of movie culture, Grindhouse delivers a dropkick to ours..."

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Village Voice

"Planet Terror delivers only momentary kicks...while Tarantino's Death Proof is a juicy, delicious treat, its pleasures stem much less from the play with genre conventions than from great dialogue and electric performances..."

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Variety

"If you were keeping score, it would be Quentin Tarantino 1, Robert Rodriguez 0..."

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Hollywood Reporter

"By stooping low without selling out, this babes-and-bullets tour de force gets you high on movies again..."

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Rolling Stone

"A fascinating exercise in genre reinvention, a showcase for two radically different approaches to homage...."

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Los Angeles Times

"The only criticism that seems to merit any real discussion is whether directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino actually did make real grindhouse-style fare. To whit, I can easily say: yes, they not only made two on-point grindhouse films, they did them to painful perfection..."

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