It’s nonstop thrills when George Clooney (THE PERFECT STORM, THREE KINGS) and Quentin Tarantino (PULP FICTION) star as the Gecko brothers — two dangerous outlaws on a wild crime spree! After kidnapping a father (Harvey Keitel — U-571) and his two kids (including Juliette Lewis — NATURAL BORN KILLERS), the Geckos head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety. But when they face the bar’s truly notorious clientele, they’re forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive!From a match made in heaven comes a movie spawned in hell! Young hotshot director Robert Rodriquez (El Mariachi, Desperado) teamed up with Pulp Fiction auteur Quentin Tarantino (offering his services as writer and co-star) to make this outrageous, no-holds-barred hybrid of high-octane crime and gruesome horror. QT plays Richard Gecko, a borderline psychopath who breaks his career-criminal brother, Seth (George Clooney), out of prison, after which they rob a bank and leave a trail of dead and wounded in their bloody wake. Then they hijack a mobile home driven by a former Baptist minister (Harvey Keitel) who quit the church after his wife’s death and hit the road with his two children (played by Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu). Heading to Mexico with their hostages, the infamous Gecko brothers arrive at the Titty Twister bar to rendezvous for a money drop, but they don’t realize that they’ve just entered the nocturnal lair of a bloodthirsty gang of vampires! With not-so-subtle aplomb, Rodriguez and Tarantino shift into high gear with a nonstop parade of gore, gunfire, and pointy-fanged mayhem featuring Salma Hayek as a snake-charming dancer whose bite is much worse than her bark. If you’re a fan of Tarantino’s lyrical dialogue and pop-cultural wit, you’ll have fun with the road-movie half of this supernatural horror-comedy, but if your taste runs more to exploding heads and eyeballs, sloppy entrails and morphing monsters, the second half provides a connoisseur’s feast of gross-out excess. Bon appétit! –Jeff Shannon
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March 15, 2008
#1
I don’t know how I managed to see this gory splatterfest TWICE in college.It’s a terrible movie (next to that other awful movie “Wild Wild West” which also stars Salma Hayek)
Quentin Tarantino&George Clooney play a pair of ne’er do wells who take a family hostage.They end up going to a strip joint filled with evil vampires…and battling them until dawn.Turns out that the strip joint is built on top of an Aztec temple,hence the bloodsucking strippers.
George Clooney managed to overcome this,as well as “Batman&Robin” to get into “Syriana”&”Good Night,and Good Luck.” He’s a talented actor;too bad he couldn’t save this movie through sheer charm.When it comes to heists,he’s better in “Ocean’e Eleven” as a dapper casino-robbing metrosexual.
Avoid this movie,unless you REALLY like gruesome,violent movies…
March 15, 2008
#2
This movie has intense violence, brutality, vulgarity, and is simply awful. Tarantino is a sick man and belongs in a mental institution.
March 15, 2008
#3
this movie started out like it was going to be a really good tarantino movie, then up and turns into something else. i’m also not a fan of the fact that cheech plays like three different characters. it’s just confusing. probably wouldn’t highly recommend the movie…
March 15, 2008
#4
I truly hate this movie called “From Dusk Till Dawn”…it is horrible!!! What a loser of a vampire movie this was. “From Dusk Till Dawn” is about as terrible as a flick can get. I can only reluctantly write a review about this trash, but if it will save some real horror movie fans’ money, I guess I will have to do it. This movie has Quentin Tarratino’s hands all over it and I was apprehensive about it from that standpoint, but when I actually sat down and watched this stinking garbage, I just rolled my eyes and suffered through one of the worst vampire movies ever made. Here’s the bottom line: if you are looking for rotten garbage, buy this DVD…but, on the other hand, if you are looking for a good horror movie or a good vampire movie, avoid this like the plague that it is. I’m not going to rehash this absurdity of a plot, but I will say that it involves a group of people that end up going to some ridiculous strip club that is full of vampires…yes, I know that the storyline is ridiculous, and the acting is average and that does include Mr. Clooney. Basically, this movie turns out to be an outrageous gorefest signifying NOTHING and with STUPID and cheesey comedy…it’s not scary whatsoever or even remotely intelligent. Ladies and gentlemen, this movie is a total joke!! If you are a sophisticated and intelligent horror movie fan, you should STAY AWAY from this trash…you’ll thank me later.
March 15, 2008
#5
I was so discouraged when I saw how poorly this film was made. The special effects were sad and the acting was really bad! The sequel to this movie is even worse! Don’t bother seeing it unless you want to have a good laugh!