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03/01/08
Planet Terror (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 22 Fresh: 17 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Rated: Unrated
Synopsis: Director Robert Rodriguez (SIN CITY) pays homage to his favorite B-movies with PLANET TERROR, an old-fashioned zombie film that's infused with enough gore and giggles to please even Peter Jackson (BAD TASTE). Rose McGowan (CHARMED) plays Cherry, a go-go dancer whose night is interrupted... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Naveen Andrews, Michael Biehn, Bruce Willis
Reviews
Top Critic
Geysers of blood, insinuating camera angles and an extremely playful editing style add to the mayhem, keeping us gasping in horror and laughing at the gleeful excesses on screen.
11/09/07
Exciting, sexy, gory – in a good way - and frequently laugh-out-loud funny, Rodriguez's zombie exploitation flick is the most fun you'll have in the cinema all year.
11/09/07
Won't make any friends outside of B-movie aficionados, and even they might tire of laughing at all the cheapo gore being thrown around.
11/09/07
McGowan is a suitably slinky presence as the lead avenger with a machine gun for a leg; blood and pus regularly fill the screen as Rodriguez lets rip with gleeful abandon.
11/09/07
Top Critic
A loving testament to exploitation horror cinema and a moronic sop to a certain generation of male film fans’ obsession with breasts, guns and gore.
11/09/07
Top Critic
Insanely violent, ludicrously gory and probably as much fun as you’ll have in a cinema this year.
11/09/07
Following Tarantino's Death Proof, Rodriguez throws his hat into the Grindhouse ring and comes out the clear winner. Impossible not to be charmed by its gross-out effects, bad dialogue and amputee action.
11/09/07
Gloopy and outrageous, this schlock horror tribute is pure trash... in the best possible sense.
11/09/07
A bona fide trash pastiche. So good it’s bad, then? Almost, but the panache and playfulness machine-gun most of the shortcomings. DVD suppliers! Can we have the two films plus trailers in one now, please?
11/09/07
Aficionados will appreciate the po-faced wordplay and self-consciously gnarled-up aesthetic (missing reels, bad syncing, etc) as much as the fleshy centrepieces and gross-out grace notes. Others will struggle to find much appeal.
11/09/07
While this is the Grindhouse film that suffers most from being presented solo, it’s still the most fun. Watch with beer in hand and tongue in cheek for optimal effect.
11/08/07
Top Critic
If somebody chewed your head off, would you at least forget this mess?
11/07/07
this genre-savvy trawl through all the silliest aspects of high-octane exploitation is, in its way, as much of a classic as any of the original films that it so lovingly pastiches.
11/06/07
Its spirit is one of pure entertainment, and its commentary on old grindhouse movies is lovingly satirical.
11/05/07
A gruesome homage to every awful zombie flick ever made and a guaranteed treat for fans of that trashy genre from a bygone era.
10/26/07
Fast-paced, freakishly gory, and boasting a few unexpected surprises, Planet Terror is one of the best horror movies I've seen in years.
10/18/07
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