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GRINDHOUSE

Rated R

Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Rosario Dawson

Brian’s Rating   

There is so much to say about Grindhouse that I really should devote two reviews to it. After all, it is actually two movies, shown back-to-back, double feature style, as homage to the exploitation films of the 70’s. 

Quentin Tarantino writes and directs Death Proof, my favorite of the two, which features Kurt Russell as a stalker of young women.  Robert Rodriquez writes and directs Planet Terror, the guts, gore, and gunfire zombie fest that kicks off this unusual pairing. But the bottom line for movie lovers is simple. If you like Tarantino or Rodriguez, or you watched these kinds of films in the seventies and liked them, you’ll dig Grindhouse. 

But folks, these films are gruesome beyond description and if you can’t handle the language, the blood, or the violence, you’ll be running for the exit in no time.

One more thing --- Grindhouse is over three hours long. So take it easy on the beverages if you know what I mean.