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Plot: After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
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MCT:October 31, 2007Gruesome, gory fun from start to finish! Not for the easily sickened.
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MCT:November 12, 2008"Fully Loaded"
Maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez details the violent struggle between a ravenous army of zombie-like humanoids who have taken control of the planet and the remaining survivors who refuse to go down without a fight. A dangerous government experiment has unleashed an abominable contamination that turns normal people into murderous mutants. Now, as an infinitely multiplying horde of frenzied psychotics flood the Texas plains, a dangerous outlaw named Wray (Freddy Rodriguez), a sexy stripper named Cherry (Rose McGowan), an unscrupulous smuggler named Abby (Naveen Andrews), and the curiously incapacitated Dr. Dakota Block (Marley Shelton) must try and make their way to the helicopter that could provide their only means of escaping to a place untouched by this nightmarish scourge that threatens to wipe out all of humankind. This nonstop action-horror hybrid originally was released as part of Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's ambitious Grindhouse double bill.
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"I never miss."
A catchphrase made famous by Freddy Rodriguez has been stuck with me since the day I saw Planet Terror.
Planet Terror is about a ragtag group of survivors trying to escape in a sicko-infested town and lead by Freddy Rodriguez's character El Wray. While there are a lot of its B-Movie elements: mindless gore, cheesy lines, guns, broads, cheap movie reels and low-fi zombie effects, the film has managed to keep me entertained from start to finish. The greatest bit was when Rose McGowan's character Cherry Darling gets her new "leg" and starts a shooting frenzy. Just like what I said, mindless, gory fun.
Not recommended to people with weak hearts but very recommended to people who wants to get their minds blown away by cheap B-Movies. -
MCT:October 15, 2008
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge."
I am a fan of Tarantino, I am, but I was slightly disappointed with his portion of the Tarantino-Rodriguez Grindhouse partnership. It's classic Tarantino with the excellent dialogue, but Death Proof seemed to be lacking something, being more likely to please Tarantino and/or blaxploitation enthusiasts, than anything else. Rodriguez's offering with Planet Terror, on the other hand, is in a whole other league, and it is miles better than Death Proof in containing the spirit of Grindhouse. It doesn't seem to have his fingerprints and stylistic references all over it, making it a truly wicked Grindhouse experience.
Robert Rodriguez has always been a flamboyant director who works from the heart - we all know the story behind El Mariachi - and his own passion rather than from a notion of the 'right' way of doing things, and that has never been so apparent as in this film. Whereas Tarantino's Death Proof was a very sedate, talky affair which hid some complex sexual politics behind its veneer of apparently shallow female ass-kickery, Planet Terror is an explosion of utter excess. Everything is ramped up to the max whether it makes sense or not. The only thing that matters to Rodriguez is whether it is cool or not, logic has no place here and the only way to watch this film is by taking the same approach.
The opening pole dance by Rose McGowan as Cherry Darling is worth the admission ticket, set to a pulsating score contributed by Rodriguez himself, which rocked the entire picture with its snazzy, catchy tune which doesn't seem the least embarrassing. It's worth more than the lap dance sequence in Death Proof, which - although undeniably sexy - becomes rather tame when compared to the energy exuded by McGowaan. But sexiness is not just her character's trait, as she does get to kick some serious ass with that machine gun to save humanity, and does so with aplomb, making her Cherry Darling one of the most interesting female action heroes out there.
And true to the spirit of Grindhouse, there are tons, and I mean really tons of blazing guns that don't seem to run out of bullets, blood that splatter, spray, and ooze, plenty of gore and many more gut spilling. Action sequences are filled with exaggeration and stylized violence, you can't help but to chuckle at them, yet cheer them on. To me, it seemed that all the cast and crew had a wonderful time trying to recreate those cheesy moments, especially with the spouting of extremely cringe-worthy lines of dialogue, and even more terrible acting, but this attitude of fun permeates through the film, even having an essential reel (with I'm sure plenty more flesh you would want to see, and probably some major plot revelations as well) gone missing.
The story plays out like a no brainer, with plenty of characters thrown in for the fun of it, and scenes which jump from one to another without much proper coherence. But who cares? All we want to see is flesh and blood. So the semblance of a story goes with an experimental biological weapon released airborne into a Texan town, and everyone starts turning into zombies one by one. It's Invasion and a gang of survivors - à la 28 Days/Weeks Later - get to put aside their differences, gang together and hold out for survival.
Freddy Rodriguez leads the group as El Wray, a typical Grindhouse hero - highly skilled and with a mysterious past - who has the hots for Cherry Darling, his ex. They're joined by Dr. Dakota Block (Marley Shelton), Sheriff Hague (Michael Biehn from Terminator) and Deputies Carlos and Tolo (Carlos Gallardo from El Mariachi and Tom Savini), experienced folks with guns and survival of course, and a hot of other recognizable faces like Stacy Ferguson, Naveen Andrews, and even Quentin Tarantino as well, in a role that is reminiscent of his character in From Dusk Till Dawn (at least that mouth of his anyway) and in a scene that will bound to make his detractors laugh out loud. Look out too for a cameo appearance (and this guy seems to be making a lot of uncredited/cameo appearances too) and his dialogue regarding the war on terror.
With his creative cameos, attention to genre detail, and meta-manipulation of the medium itself, Rodriguez's Planet Terror stands as a post-modern masterpiece, one of the best self-referential scarefests ever conceived. On par with the brilliance that is Peter Jackson's Braindead and aided by a homage-heavy aesthetic, that ranges from George A. Romero to John Carpenter and Lucio Fulci. Unabashed in its motives and fearless in how it realizes them, it's a highlight reel with very little filler, a collection of horror hits that worms its way directly into your brain and memory.
Throughout the film, Rodriguez keeps the action inventive and relentless but, crucially, he allows his actors room to breathe. After films like Poseidon and Bobby, Freddy Rodríguez finally gets to play something other than a kitchen worker, and he's brilliant as the charismatic hero, but the film ultimately belongs to Rose McGowan. She starts by dancing provocatively over the opening credits, and in the final act, she's blowing heads away with her lethal limb. Sexy, funny and dangerous, McGowan is the perfect mascot for this riotous blast of a film; and while spending so much money to recreate bad cinema may still sound like a bad idea, it doesn't feel like such a misguided move when it gives us a film as sexy, entertaining and ultimately awesome as Planet Terror. -
MCT:September 16, 2008
The more action packed and violent of the two Grindhouse movies. Hard to say that one is better than the other since they both have such distinctive styles about them, but this was a blast to watch.
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MCT:August 15, 2008
7-27-08
Re-screened this over my NY/DC trip last week with a huge Rodriguez fan, and I actually taught HIM some things about this movie and gave him a quick education on what the "grindhouse" genre actually is.
Comments I've always needed to write about this film: Not only is this a perfect tribute to its genre, it would fit right along the films it glorifies had you released it 30 years ago. Rodrigues not only fully understands these films, he fully understands how to make one. This is by far the superior movie of the Grindhouse Double Feature, and you can teach people all about grindhouse, exploitation, and giallo simply by going through the film scene by scene and discussing which movie(s) that scene is alluding to. Even for people who don't have an internal image database of those classic flicks, this is still one helluva fun ride that also bothers to treat us to some great dialogue and wonderfully absurdist script. A must see for SO many people, ESPECIALLY fans of the general horror or action genres; this is a great gateway flick to introduce you to the films of days gone by.
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MCT:January 7, 2009
I think it was the 3rd of december, lol =
I liked it but it could have been better. I could have done it better!
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Muktidayaposted 68 days ago -
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could someone make a better PLANET TERROR skin for Flixster, pleeeeeease??
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this one's AWFUL!posted 187 days ago -
gross pic's here
http://www.thefleshfarm.com/planetterror/planetterrorP.htmlposted 299 days ago -
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Remember that Dick falling off scene??? What the hell was up with that...totally gross
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