Planet Terror (US - DVD R1)
Scott McKenzie completes the double bill by reviewing Rodriguez's movie...
Feature
Cherry Darling (Rose McGowan) is about to have a very bad day. She walks out on her job as a go-go dancer with high hopes of becoming a stand-up comedian. Instead, she meets an old flame (Freddy Rodriguez) and gets her leg ripped off by marauding infected people that have started to take over the town. At the same time, a young anaesthetist tries to get away from her psychopathic husband and the Sheriff and his brother fight over their late father’s secret barbecue sauce recipe, all against the backdrop of the spreading infection. As the rag-tag bunch of survivors gang together, can they survive or will they become the next course on the menu?

I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that Planet Terror is the second DVD release from Tarantino and Rodriguez’s Grindhouse feature, even though it made up the first half of that double bill. Death Proof was the intentionally more ‘realistic’ half of Grindhouse, whereas Planet Terror thoroughly revels in its silliness. The movie begins with the excellent ‘fake’ trailer for Machete, which is supposedly going to be filmed and released as a full-length feature, and the sight of Danny Trejo riding a motorbike with a minigun mounted on the handlebars sets the tone perfectly.
Planet Terror’s absurdity is no more evident than in the image that popped into Robert Rodriguez’s head which inspired him to write this movie. You’ll already be well past the believability tipping-point when Freddy Rodriguez straps a machine gun onto McGowan’s stump, which just happens to be exactly the right length to allow her to walk on and for some reason she never has to load it or even pull the trigger. Of course, the mechanics of having a machine gun for a leg are never supposed to be explained. It’s purely a device to allow Rose McGowan to be the female equivalent of Ash, with his chainsaw for an arm in Army of Darkness, and slaughter as many of the infected as she can just by waving her leg at them.

Even though this is an ensemble movie with plenty of colourful characters doing battle with the infected people, this is very much Rose McGowan’s movie. As Robert Rodriguez states during the extras, she was central to his decision to make this movie and a lot of her personality goes into the character of Cherry. Her character trait of saying “useless talent number…” is what she does in real life and people tell her she should be a stand-up comedian so the screenplay was adapted to include this.
As Tarantino mentions on the extras for Death Proof, the movies of John Carpenter were the inspiration behind the setup of this movie and Rodriguez even played music from Carpenter’s movies on set to get the cast and crew in the right mood. A large cast banding together to fight a terror that is creeping up on them brings The Fog and Prince of Darkness to mind in particular, but the characters are pure Rodriguez, with Tom Savini making a welcome appearance as the town's Deputy. Tarantino’s influence is also evident with the fourth screen appearance of Michael Parks’ Earl McGraw. In Planet Terror was learn more about him and his family than in any of his other appearances. Unfortunately Tarantino himself shows up as a soldier and hams it up so much his performance should come with salad and two slices of bread.

Of particular note among the cast are Josh Brolin as Doctor Block, who gives one of the most subtle performances in an over-the-top movie, and it’s always good to see Michael Biehn on the screen, especially when he’s playing a surly hard man with a heart. Bruce Willis makes a decent cameo appearance and the history of his character cements the absurdity of the movie. The whole thing is designed to not be taken seriously, with blood flying from gunshots like it’s being thrown from a bucket and a ‘missing reel’ that skips past plot and character development and cuts straight to the action. Rather than being a sly nod to the presentation of exploitation movies, this actually made me think that Rodriguez couldn’t be bothered to write those scenes, especially since he started to cast this movie having written only thirty pages of the screenplay.
Unlike Death Proof, this movie makes liberal use of CG effects and therefore left me feeling like it was slightly less credible as an homage to exploitation movies of the 70s. However, there are nice touches here that tie the two movies into the same universe, like the existence of Red Apples cigarettes and the mention of a tribute to Jungle Julia heard over the radio. In one inventive scene was also get to see how difficult it is to get into a car and drive away when your hands have been paralysed. This all adds up to a movie that is more gratuitous than its Grindhouse counterpart and more enjoyable in a broader sense, but for me the final product stands up less well as a stand-alone movie and is best viewed as one half of a double bill.

Video
Unlike Death Proof, which significantly changes its video presentation at different points during the movie, Planet Terror is shown with a bad quality print for the full running time. The deterioration is used inventively to increase the dark mood of certain scenes. When tension is building, the picture becomes more scratched and dirty and when one particular character starts to change shape, the screen appears to warp at the same time. This is a clever use of the tools at the filmmakers’ disposal and is only really relevant to this release because it would look terribly out of place in mainstream movies. It’s good to see something being used to heighten the tension rather than the usual string section deafening the viewer to tell them they’re supposed to be scared.
However, due to the liberal use of CG, the bad quality of the picture suits the film less well because it’s just so unlikely that a print of a movie that contains the stunts of Planet Terror could have been left to deteriorate to this degree. This is just a niggle I have with the movie as a whole and is not a reflection of the quality of the transfer to DVD. I have nothing bad to say about the 16:9 anamorphic picture because any possible edge enhancement or artefacts will be lost in the mix of intentional errors.

Audio
It’s a similar story for the audio quality of the Dolby 5.1 surround track. The crackling and other imperfections occur at just the right points to make you believe you’re watching this movie in a cinema in the 70s, but the effects you expect in mainstream action movies do not suffer from interference. The squelching of gore is sufficiently loud just in case you miss any of the splatter on screen and the music is a particular highlight. Taking inspiration from John Carpenter with occasional riffs lifted from Halloween, Robert Rodriguez’s score is excellent and the interpretation during the opening credits is exactly the kind of sleazy music you expect to be the soundtrack to an exploitation movie.
Extras
Disc one contains trailers for Planet Terror, Death Proof, 1408, the remake of Halloween and Black Sheep. An international poster gallery is also included. Robert Rodriguez provides a commentary track, and as ever it’s filled with interesting details about the stunts, make-up and how the different actors got involved. However, there is quite a bit of overlap between the content on the commentary and the interviews during the featurettes on disc two. An audience reaction track is also available but I’ll be honest and just say this wasn’t for me. If I’m going to the cinema, I want everyone else to shut the hell up so the idea of watching a movie at home with whooping and cheering in 5.1 surround sound is not my idea of a good night in. If that kind of interference floats your boat, then this is definitely the DVD for you!

With not quite as many featurettes as were included on Death Proof’s second disc, the interviews with Robert Rodriguez come from the same sessions and Tarantino crops up from time to time to throw in his two cents. ‘The Badass Babes of Planet Terror’ focuses mainly on Rose McGowan’s involvement in the movie and everyone's opinion that “she was born to play this role”, but also highlights the fact that Rodriguez wrote many of the roles for particular actresses. This is also the case in ‘The Guys of Planet Terror’ where we learn how Rodriguez roped in some of the actors he’s previously worked with and also got Michael Biehn and Jeff Fahey working together, when they have regularly auditioned for the same roles throughout their careers.
‘Casting Rebel’ is a short featurette that goes into detail of how Rodriguez’s son Rebel was cast in the movie. It’s interesting because it turns out the director shot a happier ending of the movie just for his son and will eventually reveal the truth about his character when he’s older. ‘The Stunts of Planet Terror’ includes interviews with the stunt coordinator and shows how Rose McGowan did a lot of her own stunts and wire work. ‘The Friend, The Doctor and the Real Estate Agent’ picks out the extras that are real-life friends of the director and interviews reveal the effects that starring in a Hollywood movie have had on them. Finally, Rodriguez’s ’10-Minute Film School’, which is a regular occurrence on his DVD releases, allows him to show how certain stunts and CG effects were put together. At the end he also comments that a ’10-Minute Cooking School’ will be included on the eventual release of the full Grindhouse double bill DVD.

Overall
For me, Planet Terror was more fun than Death Proof, although I found it slightly less rewarding as a movie in its own right. If you’re planning on running your own horror double-bill at home, I recommend it because it’s probably best appreciated with friends and beers. The extras on this releases reveal about as much about the movie as the features on the Death Proof DVD did so it’s an excellent companion to that release and definitely worth picking up, although it’ll be interesting to see just how much more supplementary material they can put together for the double-bill release when it eventually arrives.
Review by Scott McKenzie
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Thanks for the response, very much appreciated.
There are scenes included in the DVD version that weren't in the theatre version. They're only small bits, but, it still gives them the right to call it "Extended and Unrated". It's just that the missing real wasn't put in, so.
FWNW wrote: Well, i dont know about Planet Terror, since i didnt even bother buying, but in Death Proof's case, the transfer to DVD seems realistic. Death Proof's grainy print would be used in the DVD making process, and it would translate just as it was in the theater. Planet Terror's grain effects had too much to do with actual physical projection problems that shouldnt even translate to the DVD.
Exactly. But even Death Proof is inconsistant with its quality. That's my point, for something that was supposed to be "theatre only", they're making the theatre stuff appear in the DVDs, even on Death Proof, you can hear the change of the projector when "Death Proof" comes up to cover "Thunderbolt". THAT's what's annoying me, the technicalities of it all. The film relies somewhat on its technical aspects, and it fails on DVD.
Quote: As for the missing reel thing, that just gives more proof that rodriguez's film was more of a spoof of grindhouse films, and tarantino's was more of a genuine tribute to grindhouse films. rodriguez's missing reel wasn't filmed, it was just a joke, while tarantino's missing reel was ACTUALLY missing.
Again, I know, PT was a spoof, and everything. I know it wasn't filmed, but thought maybe they put something in there or something, like a brief explanation (see the Kino edition of Metropolis)
But now I'm done. I'm giving up on this because I know there'll be more people replying me to educate me on how I didn't get Planet Terror and Grindhouse on the whole as a concept and as a film, even though my arguments stem from the fact that I do... (not aimed towards you FWNW) So this is my last post.
But maybe someone could tell me how exactly the DVD is "Extended and Unrated" like its counterpart.
Exactly. But even Death Proof is inconsistant with its quality. That's my point, for something that was supposed to be "theatre only", they're making the theatre stuff appear in the DVDs, even on Death Proof, you can hear the change of the projector when "Death Proof" comes up to cover "Thunderbolt". THAT's what's annoying me, the technicalities of it all. The film relies somewhat on its technical aspects, and it fails on DVD.
Quote: As for the missing reel thing, that just gives more proof that rodriguez's film was more of a spoof of grindhouse films, and tarantino's was more of a genuine tribute to grindhouse films. rodriguez's missing reel wasn't filmed, it was just a joke, while tarantino's missing reel was ACTUALLY missing.
Again, I know, PT was a spoof, and everything. I know it wasn't filmed, but thought maybe they put something in there or something, like a brief explanation (see the Kino edition of Metropolis)
But now I'm done. I'm giving up on this because I know there'll be more people replying me to educate me on how I didn't get Planet Terror and Grindhouse on the whole as a concept and as a film, even though my arguments stem from the fact that I do... (not aimed towards you FWNW) So this is my last post.
But maybe someone could tell me how exactly the DVD is "Extended and Unrated" like its counterpart.
Cheddar J. Cheese wrote: Ummm... I know. Thanks?
They said that Grindhouse was the experience, and the DVDs would be all proper. I'm pissed because they just ported the movies onto the disc, instead of taking out the warbles that would only be visible during a theatrical screening.
And in any case, how is Planet Terror extended then?
And Bryan Adams? What are you going on about?
Well, i dont know about Planet Terror, since i didnt even bother buying, but in Death Proof's case, the transfer to DVD seems realistic. Death Proof's grainy print would be used in the DVD making process, and it would translate just as it was in the theater. Planet Terror's grain effects had too much to do with actual physical projection problems that shouldnt even translate to the DVD.
As for the missing reel thing, that just gives more proof that rodriguez's film was more of a spoof of grindhouse films, and tarantino's was more of a genuine tribute to grindhouse films. rodriguez's missing reel wasn't filmed, it was just a joke, while tarantino's missing reel was ACTUALLY missing.
They said that Grindhouse was the experience, and the DVDs would be all proper. I'm pissed because they just ported the movies onto the disc, instead of taking out the warbles that would only be visible during a theatrical screening.
And in any case, how is Planet Terror extended then?
And Bryan Adams? What are you going on about?
Well, i dont know about Planet Terror, since i didnt even bother buying, but in Death Proof's case, the transfer to DVD seems realistic. Death Proof's grainy print would be used in the DVD making process, and it would translate just as it was in the theater. Planet Terror's grain effects had too much to do with actual physical projection problems that shouldnt even translate to the DVD.
As for the missing reel thing, that just gives more proof that rodriguez's film was more of a spoof of grindhouse films, and tarantino's was more of a genuine tribute to grindhouse films. rodriguez's missing reel wasn't filmed, it was just a joke, while tarantino's missing reel was ACTUALLY missing.
Ummm... I know. Thanks?
They said that Grindhouse was the experience, and the DVDs would be all proper. I'm pissed because they just ported the movies onto the disc, instead of taking out the warbles that would only be visible during a theatrical screening.
And in any case, how is Planet Terror extended then?
And Bryan Adams? What are you going on about?
They said that Grindhouse was the experience, and the DVDs would be all proper. I'm pissed because they just ported the movies onto the disc, instead of taking out the warbles that would only be visible during a theatrical screening.
And in any case, how is Planet Terror extended then?
And Bryan Adams? What are you going on about?
In the name of the Lord, get a bloody grip! The 'Missing Reel' in Planet Terror is meant to be a joke, an interesting nod to old f**ked, ill kept film prints...and an interesting way to play with plotting and narrative structure that we've all seen a gazillion times in Zombie/Horror flicks, throwing a curveball, thrusting you headlong into the action. A funny tongue in cheek sucker punch. QT adopted the 'Missing Reel' motif to trim back the Grindhouse version of Death Proof's running time, therefore he did have some footage to give back to the Cannes version. Simple. The fact that there was nothing else shot to fill Planet Terrors faux gap in the story isn't a drawback when it comes to an extended cut, it's just the structure that was always intended. Hey while we're all at this fan-boy reshoots or digital image clean up that some are suggesting why not just throw in a few superheroes and a f**king Bryan Adams theme song.
Well then what the Hell is the point of this DVD release? Like... Wow... They really screwed up badly on this one. They're not even following their own marketing plans.
Thanks for the info, appreciated.
Thanks for the info, appreciated.
Cheddar J. Cheese wrote: So does this release include the missing reel in the film (a la Lap dance in Death Proof), or does the card come up saying 'Missing Reel'?
It still says 'Missing Reel'. As far as I can tell from the extras, the missing reel was never filmed and the card was just used by Robert Rodriguez to skip past the bits he couldn't be bothered writing. That's one of the main reasons I didn't like this quite as much as Death Proof.
It still says 'Missing Reel'. As far as I can tell from the extras, the missing reel was never filmed and the card was just used by Robert Rodriguez to skip past the bits he couldn't be bothered writing. That's one of the main reasons I didn't like this quite as much as Death Proof.
So does this release include the missing reel in the film (a la Lap dance in Death Proof), or does the card come up saying 'Missing Reel'?
Chris Gould wrote: [ I don't know if your comments were intentionally directed at the author of this review, but that's how it came across. If not, fair enough, but like it or not it's still an homage.
What has the review got to do with anything??
Or its author?
Who mentioned the review?
Who mentioned the author?
Did I??
Where??
OH! Nowhere!
I was on about THE FILM.
And in fact the review said the same things as me!!
Or have you not actually read this thing you supposedly came out swinging to defend when nothing was said against it anyway!?
The review bemoaned the use of CGI (where do you think I got the news about CGI being in the film? FROM THIS REVIEW) in a film that was trying to not only pay homage to, but look like, an old 70'/80's movie.
Lets scratch up the film stock etc etc etc and then have 21st century CGI FX work in the movie!
There goes the effectiveness of your so called homage.
There goes everything you tried to build up!
There goes the whole f**king point.
It was like going to all the trouble of making "Creepshow" look like an EC comic book and then having lost of swearing in the film! Something that would never, ever, ever, happen in an EC comic book.
So after saying all that, I guess my view still stands...'CGI!??? Grindhouse homage? With CGI!!??? LMAO!
So I never had a go at the review, or its author...but lets be honest I think you knew that anyway.
And I'm sure that if I ever did, Scott has been shaving long enough to defend himself.
And at least then he would not have to put up with someone else jumping in for him and riding me over something I never did or wrote thus making himself look very foolish.
What has the review got to do with anything??
Or its author?
Who mentioned the review?
Who mentioned the author?
Did I??
Where??
OH! Nowhere!
I was on about THE FILM.
And in fact the review said the same things as me!!
Or have you not actually read this thing you supposedly came out swinging to defend when nothing was said against it anyway!?
The review bemoaned the use of CGI (where do you think I got the news about CGI being in the film? FROM THIS REVIEW) in a film that was trying to not only pay homage to, but look like, an old 70'/80's movie.
Lets scratch up the film stock etc etc etc and then have 21st century CGI FX work in the movie!
There goes the effectiveness of your so called homage.
There goes everything you tried to build up!
There goes the whole f**king point.
It was like going to all the trouble of making "Creepshow" look like an EC comic book and then having lost of swearing in the film! Something that would never, ever, ever, happen in an EC comic book.
So after saying all that, I guess my view still stands...'CGI!??? Grindhouse homage? With CGI!!??? LMAO!
So I never had a go at the review, or its author...but lets be honest I think you knew that anyway.
And I'm sure that if I ever did, Scott has been shaving long enough to defend himself.
And at least then he would not have to put up with someone else jumping in for him and riding me over something I never did or wrote thus making himself look very foolish.
the Carpenter infused score is pretty sweet.
Dave Brock wrote: YEAH! And you know what? CGI don't appear anywhere in it.
What is your f**king beef!?
A homage to something that uses stylistic, technical, artistic and practical applied aspects that not only have nothing to do with the something supposedly being homaged but were aspects that never even EXISTED at the time of the thing being homaged....Ain't no homage.
Certainly not a good one!
And keep the dictionary wise arse remarks to yourself.
Your riding on every damn thing a type is getting wearing on my back muscles. And could get really expensive on your wallet as if you want to ride me that bad...I'm charging you from now on.
Okay Rodriguez?
Bit touchy aren't you Dave? I don't know if your comments were intentionally directed at the author of this review, but that's how it came across. If not, fair enough, but like it or not it's still an homage. An homage doesn't have to share everything in common with the work it's paying deference to (otherwise it'd be a genre picture). I'd have made the same comment regardless of who wrote it, just so happens it was you.
Just exactly what were you trying to accomplish with your original 'CGI!??? Grindhouse homage? With CGI!!??? LMAO!' remarks anyway? Are you disputing the use of the word in the review, or just trying to show how credible you are because you like 'proper' grindhouse movies?
What is your f**king beef!?
A homage to something that uses stylistic, technical, artistic and practical applied aspects that not only have nothing to do with the something supposedly being homaged but were aspects that never even EXISTED at the time of the thing being homaged....Ain't no homage.
Certainly not a good one!
And keep the dictionary wise arse remarks to yourself.
Your riding on every damn thing a type is getting wearing on my back muscles. And could get really expensive on your wallet as if you want to ride me that bad...I'm charging you from now on.
Okay Rodriguez?
Bit touchy aren't you Dave? I don't know if your comments were intentionally directed at the author of this review, but that's how it came across. If not, fair enough, but like it or not it's still an homage. An homage doesn't have to share everything in common with the work it's paying deference to (otherwise it'd be a genre picture). I'd have made the same comment regardless of who wrote it, just so happens it was you.
Just exactly what were you trying to accomplish with your original 'CGI!??? Grindhouse homage? With CGI!!??? LMAO!' remarks anyway? Are you disputing the use of the word in the review, or just trying to show how credible you are because you like 'proper' grindhouse movies?
Well said George, two very different but brilliantly crafted powerhouse flicks. It's like some folks a) still don't really appreciate the concept of what RR/QT were going for,or b)are more content b***hin' & moanin' about CGI effects and video transfer specs. Was that guy serious about 'cleaning' up the PT ground down visuals for dvd? Some people still just don't quite get it.
This was one of the better movie-going experiences of 2007, I really don't care what anybody else says. If you couldn't get off your a.s.s. & get away from your computer for three + hours to see this, than you really lost out on this great oppurtunity. There is no replacing a truly great moviegoing experience with a great or classic film. "Planet Terror" was the better of the two, but, that doesn't mean I don't like "Death Proof". They are two different style movies, & if you haven't seen any other movies by these two directors than I can understand what all the male-PMS is about.
Hi guys, I agree with you guys that both DEATH PROOF & PLANET TERROR should be on one DVD. I loved both movies myself. I going to hold off the purchase till they do this right!!
Chris Gould wrote: Have you ever read the definition of homage?
YEAH! And you know what? CGI don't appear anywhere in it.
What is your f**king beef!?
A homage to something that uses stylistic, technical, artistic and practical applied aspects that not only have nothing to do with the something supposedly being homaged but were aspects that never even EXISTED at the time of the thing being homaged....Ain't no homage.
Certainly not a good one!
And keep the dictionary wise arse remarks to yourself.
Your riding on every damn thing a type is getting wearing on my back muscles. And could get really expensive on your wallet as if you want to ride me that bad...I'm charging you from now on.
Okay Rodriguez?
YEAH! And you know what? CGI don't appear anywhere in it.
What is your f**king beef!?
A homage to something that uses stylistic, technical, artistic and practical applied aspects that not only have nothing to do with the something supposedly being homaged but were aspects that never even EXISTED at the time of the thing being homaged....Ain't no homage.
Certainly not a good one!
And keep the dictionary wise arse remarks to yourself.
Your riding on every damn thing a type is getting wearing on my back muscles. And could get really expensive on your wallet as if you want to ride me that bad...I'm charging you from now on.
Okay Rodriguez?
so how long is the unrated cut of the film?? this was clearly the better of the two films, am not gonna double dip when weinsteins come out with the box, watching death proof again i liked it better than the first time
The OAR is open to debate, it was shot in scope to match Death Proof's OAR but since Rodriguez prefers 1.85, they simply opened the mattes of the Super 35 process. So technically you're getting more picture on the top and bottom, but I agree that it looks better 2.35, but it's all up to Rodriguez how it's presented.
When will Hollywood learn leave things alone these movies are meant to be Double Bill Features not single movies and it's going to hurt their dvd sales until they release the collectors or director's edition of these movies 2gether w/ the faux trailers.
Have you ever read the definition of homage?
CGI!???
Grindhouse homage? With CGI!!???
LMAO!
Grindhouse homage? With CGI!!???
LMAO!
I picked this up a couple weeks ago... on the extras Rodriguez adnuts that they are currently making a true "grindhouse" dvd that includes both movies...
The thing im seeing now is that people who havent seen planet terror, really really... really like death proof. i guess its because they arent influenced by planet terror, and its insinuation that death proof would be just like it. And im sure that when those who have seen death proof before planet terror, they wont think much of it. Death Proof was a solid film on its own. Without the grindhouse title, people would have lower expectations, and just enjoy for what it is. I have shown DP to 5 different people. 4 out of those 5 absolutely loved it, the other just though it was "aight." DP has characters that you can learn to accept and sympathize for. Planet Terror doesnt. I guess with the subject of Grindhouse, yeah PT is the appropriate film (not necessarily the BETTER film). But Grindhouse aside, DP was a much better film, mostly due Planet Terror being primarily a "spoof" of the grindhouse genre.
think of it this way: scary movie was a pretty funny movie thats spoofed horror/slasher films, scream was a pretty scary yet funny film, that you can take more seriously. which film is better? well, i say scream, but that's just my opinion. i tend respect the more serious film (not that i didnt enjoy scary movie, or planet terror even). but i just usually cant respect the "bad on purpose/just for fun" films. other people have different tastes, and im just a scream person. i am a death proof person.
think of it this way: scary movie was a pretty funny movie thats spoofed horror/slasher films, scream was a pretty scary yet funny film, that you can take more seriously. which film is better? well, i say scream, but that's just my opinion. i tend respect the more serious film (not that i didnt enjoy scary movie, or planet terror even). but i just usually cant respect the "bad on purpose/just for fun" films. other people have different tastes, and im just a scream person. i am a death proof person.
I don't know about some of you naysayers but I thought both movies were exactly the kind of entertainment that's missing in most movies these days, the kind of entertainment that fires on all cynlinders. I'm definitely picking up this one. (BTW, a few of the summer movies that came out this year don't count because they keep that kind of entertainment intact.)
I loved "Planet Terror", it was really fun and hysterical. But I thought that "Death Proof" was the better of the two because it is so much more my style of film. I cant wait to get "Planet Terror" on Tuesday!
I loved Grindhouse...I'm glad to hear they're releasing the double bill, just wish they would have done that in the first place instead of splitting them up...
Though I liked Death Proof better, Planet Terror was still awesome and fun and I'll definitely be picking this up...
Though I liked Death Proof better, Planet Terror was still awesome and fun and I'll definitely be picking this up...
As far as being closest to a camp B movie, this won hands down in my opinion. C**ppy film grain etc all the way thru, in death proof it disappeared during the second half of the movie.
I'll be getting this, especially since DEATHPROOF hand the $5 off coupon in it. So getting this for $11.99 ain't such a bad deal.
I'll be getting this, especially since DEATHPROOF hand the $5 off coupon in it. So getting this for $11.99 ain't such a bad deal.
So it's not OAR?
Oh well, this movie sucked anyway.
Oh well, this movie sucked anyway.
I liked Deathproof better than this. I'll wait til they release the whole movie on dvd. I know that alot of people perfer this over Deathproof. Although Planet Terror is a good movie in it's own right. I can't help to think that Robert kind of "cheated" on this movie. During the "Grindhouse" era, there were no CGI effects.
I've bought "Death Proof" that comes with the $5 off of "Planet Terror" coupon so I'm cool with the editions I have right now. When The Weinsteins decide to rape our wallets again in the future, I'll still be there waiting to get it. And yeah whatever happened to The Whole Bloody Affair? It was listed on Amazon a couple months ago as coming out in November but now it's gone.
I quite enjoyed this film, much much more than DeathProof, but it really irritates me they split these up, dumped most of the trailers, and really undermined the whole Grindhouse experience. I didn't buy DeathProof, and I'm on the fence with this one.
Seeing as how Kill Bill's double feature has been delayed for half a decade, I'm not holding my breath for the double feature Rodriguez mentioned. Not sure what to do...
Seeing as how Kill Bill's double feature has been delayed for half a decade, I'm not holding my breath for the double feature Rodriguez mentioned. Not sure what to do...
I deid not like Planet Terror. I however loved Death Proof. I will not buy eithier one! I am waiting until we get the DOUBLE FEATURE EDITION
I like Death Proof better, but still really enjoyed Planet Terror. It annoys me slightly that it's 1.85:1 on DVD as opposed to Grindhouse's 2.35:1.
Death Proof was boring as all sin.
It was all talk and no good delivery: I mean, how much of it broke down into talkinga bout how great Vanishing Point was and then delivering some of the most unimaginative stunts I've ever seen.
Planet Terror was fine just nothing special.
It was all talk and no good delivery: I mean, how much of it broke down into talkinga bout how great Vanishing Point was and then delivering some of the most unimaginative stunts I've ever seen.
Planet Terror was fine just nothing special.
It is very Carpenter-esque, but it also really reminded me of Umberto Lenzi's Nightmare City, only, you know, watchable. Death Proof is the better modern grindhouse flick, but Planet Terror is pretty entertaining, and has a fabulous cast.
Well, I confess that i love QT movies, and Death Proof is a very VERY good movie to see with your fellas, and with the volume at the top. I'll get this one to see how the GRINDHOUSE experience was all about, I'll see the too movies together, but I still won`t have the whole satisfaction, because the other fake trailers aren't here either. A dvd with the whole Grindhouse experience? With the fake trailers in it? I'd love it. Unless it takes so long to come out like the Kill Bill whole bloody affair.
Really dug the score for this one--definitely a John Carpenter vibe going on, but I thought it was more like Assault on Precinct 13's score than anything else.
I preferred this to Deathproof by a lot... much more entertaining, had a somewhat cohesive plot, and some kind of stupid point in there somewhere, whereas Deathpoof just began and ended with no story or anything to care about. Still pretty fun, but Planet Terror was much better, in my opinion. They're both absurd, and for me, Planet Terror is a great splatter-gore fun absurd, where Deathproof is a confusing 'get to the action already!!' absurd.
So wait... The missing reel isn't included in the movie? It still skips the end of the second act?
Great review. I'm less enthusiastic about picking this one up, once again the video quality is poor as intended, it's the DVD, not the original film in the theatre! But I'll probably buy it before the month is out.
Great review. I'm less enthusiastic about picking this one up, once again the video quality is poor as intended, it's the DVD, not the original film in the theatre! But I'll probably buy it before the month is out.
I can't say that I much liked this OR Death Proof. The irony of these films is that soon they'll be in the discounted DVD bins with the rest of the B-Movie s**te that they were made to emulate.


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Disc Details
Release Date:
16th October 2007
Discs:
2
Disc Type:
Single side, dual layer
RCE:
No
Video:
NTSC
Aspect:
1.78:1
Anamorphic:
Yes
Colour:
Yes
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles:
English, Spanish
Extras:
Director's Commentary, Audience Reaction Track, Galleries, 10-Minute Film School, The Badass Babes And Tough Guys Of Planet Terror, Casting Rebel, Sickos Bullets And Explosions: The Stunts Of Planet Terror: The Friend The Doctor And The Real Estate Agent
Easter Egg:
No
Feature Details
Director:
Robert Rodriguez
Cast:
Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Marley Shelton, Josh Brolin, Jeff Fahey, Bruce Willis, Michael Parks, Michael Biehn
Genre:
Action and Horror
Length:
105 minutes
Ratings
Amazon.com
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