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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, From Dusk Till Dawn. 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 realise 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 non-stop 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
Amazon.co.uk Review
From a match made in heaven comes a movie spawned in hell! From Dusk Till Dawn sees young hotshot director Robert Rodriquez (El Mariachi, Desperado) team up with Pulp Fiction auteur Quentin Tarantino (offering his services as writer and costar) to make this outrageous, no-holds-barred hybrid of high-octane crime and gruesome horror. Tarantino 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 realise 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 non-stop 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-film 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. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
On the DVD: the DVDs lavish features on us. The outtakes and deleted scenes are more of the same--exploding bellies, pus, blood and naked women with large teeth. The documentary "Full Tilt Boogie" is entertaining enough; the row with the unions, which it faithfully records, raises real issues about independent filmmakers and their work force. There are two music videos, a stills gallery, a reasonably acute commentary by Rodriguez and Tarantino and material about the art direction. The film is presented in Dolby Digital and a widescreen ratio of 1.85:1 as well as an ordinary one of1.33.1. --Roz Kaveney
On the DVD: the DVDs lavish features on us. The outtakes and deleted scenes are more of the same--exploding bellies, pus, blood and naked women with large teeth. The documentary "Full Tilt Boogie" is entertaining enough; the row with the unions, which it faithfully records, raises real issues about independent filmmakers and their work force. There are two music videos, a stills gallery, a reasonably acute commentary by Rodriguez and Tarantino and material about the art direction. The film is presented in Dolby Digital and a widescreen ratio of 1.85:1 as well as an ordinary one of1.33.1. --Roz Kaveney
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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A truckers bar in the middle of a desert. George Clooney and Quentin Tarrantino hold hostage a family, grabbed as they escape the US police, following a heist. Enter a whole bar full of Vampires!!
It may sound far-fetched (if it doesn't, go and lay down somewhere cool and dark) but to my delight, it was a great film. It's gorey but humorous. The vampires only allow truckers into their bar, the theory being, single guys, not likely to be missed for a while. The customers are basically on the menu, rather than a cheeseburger. Our family fight back, not with great success is has to be said and only few survive.
WATCH IT AND YOU MAY NEVER DRIVE AN 18 WHEELER AGAIN !!
It may sound far-fetched (if it doesn't, go and lay down somewhere cool and dark) but to my delight, it was a great film. It's gorey but humorous. The vampires only allow truckers into their bar, the theory being, single guys, not likely to be missed for a while. The customers are basically on the menu, rather than a cheeseburger. Our family fight back, not with great success is has to be said and only few survive.
WATCH IT AND YOU MAY NEVER DRIVE AN 18 WHEELER AGAIN !!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
...which says it all really. A vampire movie with the Tarantino movies' trademarks of great story telling and violence. Actually, the violence wasn't in the least bit offensive - quite the opposite, it was very amusing - really ! Great fun Friday night after a hard week at work movie.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Before I start this, I would just like to say I dont own the DVD, but I want to comment on the film.
Jesus this is one really weird film. For the first 30 to 60 mins, it seems a gangster, crime, thriller movie with George Cloony and Quentin Tarrentino on the run from the FBI. They then kidnap three people, and force them to help them get to mexico. Once they are in Mexico they go to a bar (it's called the TITTY-TWISTER do I have to say more?) where they wait for a man who can keep them safe.
But while they are waiting there, everyone in the bar turnes out to be vampires! Yeah, Vampires! Someone taped this off the TV, so before I watched it, I had never heard of it, but jesus I really didn't expect that. Frikken VAMPIRES! Then the few un-undead people in the bar, must kill all the vampires, which is where it becomes quite comical. It gets very gory indeed at this bit, so much that it becomes very funny!
Aside from that I really enjoyed this movie! It is a little strange, but it's a good movie!
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Stupid but fun
George Clooney really cuts loose in this film, showing he can do both comedy and action. Tarantino isn't great as the brother and rightfully earned a Razzie. Read more
Published 29 days ago by S. Carey
"..CULT CLASSIC HORROR FROM A BRILLIANT DIRECTOR.."
Amazing film with a seriously cool cast of actors playing some weird and colourful characters. Probably one of the best vampire movies ever made, loads of gore and vampire slaying... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Drury
after eight mince
this is a vampire film of the finest quality blood,gore and humour.you would not know from the first hour it was a vampire movie but even the first hour has plenty of action. Read more
Published 2 months ago by jed
Sick, Funny, Gory and Mental!
I have watched From Dusk Till Dawn many times and each time I am entertained but also frustrated. I like the horror and the silly gory effects and the film has a good cast but at... Read more
Published 9 months ago by j.r
Good fun
Enjoyable film of two halfs, the twist is what makes this so memorable. You know the story by now. Two thiefs on the run escape into Mexico and stop at a bar but things soon take... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Will
dont buy
got dvd could'nt wait to watch it, as i had been told that it is a very good film. but dvd would not play on any of my tv's ???????????
Published 12 months ago by morgan
Outrageous!
It was probably the most fun I had at the cinema back in 1996. I absolutely love From Dusk Till Dawn, very much one of those films that you either buy into or you don't. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Spike Owen
smoother than a bar of Galaxy
Have watched this many times and never get bored. There is so much good stuff it would be impossible to list but I'll try. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Rebecca
Rodriguez and Tarantino epic!
A classic and brilliant film and a must have for fans of Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino's writing is in sync with his best work and Rodriguez creative spin on... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Mr. Jed B. Ellery
Awesome After Dark...
This is a film you can watch over and over. Seth and Richie and 2 notorious Brothers who have broken out of prison, setting out to get across the Borders into Mexico where there... Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2009 by Ms. L. J. Braisby
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