Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Sick Product of a Sick System

Great Film overall

Stupid movie. Don't waste your time. Not at all entertaining.

I can appreciate what Rodriguez and Tarantino are doing here, making a ridiculous homage to the grindhouse genre of drive-in movie. You obviously don't watch these for the plot or characters, you watch this for the gross-out and action. This has both of those and then some. Paying respect to exploitation movies that came before it, this won't appeal to everyone, but it's a fun ride if you know what you're getting into. Some moments go a little far for me though, most notably the part where Tarantino's junk falls off, the kid accidentally shooting himself, and the dog getting run over. The last two are just taboos that Rodriguez decided to do, which is his decision, it's just really dark compared to the ridiculous action that's in the rest of the movie. Also serious comedy props for having the "missing reel" sequence and skipping like 30 minutes of the movie randomly. I thought that was really funny. The cast is also really good, the only negatives I have are the above moments, aside from that though, this is a really fun B-movie.

Conceived as part of his Grindhouse double bill with Quentin Tarantino but released separately from Tarantino's DEATH PROOF internationally, PLANET TERROR is a glorious throwback to the schlocky exploitation days of the 1970s, where so-called 'grindhouse' cinemas played a series of low budget gore-filled 'nasties' to audiences eager for sex and sadism. Having seen many of the original exploitation films in question, I'm pleased to say that director Robert Rodriguez gets it spot on and the look and feel of this film is just right.Things kick off on a high note with Rose McGowan go-go dancing. I've never been a fan of this actress, but that's changed right here with the role she has. She's perfectly cast as the tough yet vulnerable dancer who loses a limb but gains a weapon in the zombie attack, and it helps that she's as hot as hell. The one thing I loved straight away was the soundtrack, especially the main theme with the saxophone playing – great stuff that had me humming along.Anyway, the film that follows is a simple story of a zombie attack, starting off isolated incidents and building into an all-out zombie rampage. The usual scenarios are present, from the survivors holed up in a deserted diner to the killer soldiers involved in a cover-up. PLANET TERROR has few twists, instead it lets the narrative drive itself with a series of outlandish action sequences which are thoroughly entertaining. The biggest treat, though, lies in this film's casting; Rodriguez seems to have assembled a bunch of stars, old and new, A-list and B-list, and they come together nicely. I won't go through the bother of listing them all - the cast list is available right here on IMDb - only to say that Michael Biehn and Jeff Fahey really stand out as the kooky brothers, the latter particularly fine after years of being stuck in B-movie limbo. The gooey gore comes thick and fast and only a few scenes descend into inanity; the Tarantino cameo is a bit of a disappointment but the rest works gloriously well.

I preferred Death Proof.... I found Robert Rodriguez to be on top-form throughout this inspired zombie/action/exploitation flick, however much of the duration of the film is like a stuffy, cramped elevator, regarding the over-kill on supporting characters that are really relevant to absolutely nothing. It is almost like a Broadway show with the amount of forgettable characters providing mere comic relief or a nonsensical meandering from the plot. The grainy style of Grindhouse cinema works well whilst watching Rose McGowan play a go-go dancer with a machine gun for a leg that is somehow fully functional as an actual weapon, shooting missiles at zombies. Don't try to make sense of it, you'll probably die. Oh, and watch it with friends when you're drinking, its most fun then.