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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 CriticGloopy and outrageous, this schlock horror tribute is pure trash... in the best possible sense.
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
Deduces that the nudging awareness and recreation of a genre's tropes is enough
08/27/09
Insanely violent, ludicrously gory and probably as much fun as you’ll have in a cinema this year.
11/09/07
Too ugly conceptually to be any fun.
02/14/08
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 CriticFast-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
Dire and dunderheaded.
11/09/07
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
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 CriticWon'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
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
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 collection of cinematic quotations thrown into the melting pot with the heat turned up to eleven
10/15/07
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
Only watch if you have an offbeat sense of humour.
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
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
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October 28, 2007:
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October 16, 2007:
RT on DVD: Transformers, Planet Terror, More That Meet The Eye
It's a blockbuster week for DVD watchers, as two highly anticipated titles -- a little robot action here (Transformers), a little zombie plague there (Planet Terror) -- come... More...
September 18, 2007:
QT Talks Death Proof: What's Different In the DVD Release?
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