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03/01/08
Planet Terror (2007)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:17
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
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... [More]
Starring: Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Naveen Andrews, Michael Biehn
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Reviews for Planet Terror
Top CriticOnly watch if you have an offbeat sense of humour.
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 Criticthis 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
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
Insanely violent, ludicrously gory and probably as much fun as you’ll have in a cinema this year.
11/09/07
Gloopy and outrageous, this schlock horror tribute is pure trash... in the best possible sense.
11/09/07
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
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
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
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 CriticGeysers 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
Too ugly conceptually to be any fun.
02/14/08
A collection of cinematic quotations thrown into the melting pot with the heat turned up to eleven
10/15/07
Planet Terror was always the superior half of the Grindhouse double bill because it embraced the spirit of the endeavor so completely.
10/15/07
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
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
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
Deduces that the nudging awareness and recreation of a genre's tropes is enough
08/27/09
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September 18, 2007:
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