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Watch: Grindhouse 2007 123movies, Full Movie Online – A double-bill of thrillers that recall both filmmakers’ favorite exploitation films. “Grindhouse” (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for “grinding out” non-stop double-bill programs of B-movies) is presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. “Death Proof,” is a rip-roaring slasher flick where the killer pursues his victims with a car rather than a knife, while “Planet Terror” shows us a view of the world in the midst of a zombie outbreak. The films are joined together by clever faux trailers that recall the ’50s exploitation drive-in classics..
Plot: Two full-length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez put together as a two-film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
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Ratings:

	7.5/10 Votes: 185,355
	84% | RottenTomatoes
	77/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 1383 Popularity: 14.646 | TMDB

Reviews:

Grindhouse exploits its modern B-movie experience through a bloody expressionistic tribute. Two feature films. Four fictional trailers (five if you’re lucky…). And an authentic conceptual presentation of the 70s exploitation genre, missing reels and all. Rodriguez/Tarantino’s admiration for cinema in general is tangible. Both a credible experiment in genre resurrection and a fetish for babes, blood and bolted machine gun legs. It is, at its core, a retrospective piece of entertainment. But does the double feature presentation, trailers included, work as a solid film in itself? Yes. Just about.

Two of the four fictitious trailers worked. Wright’s ‘Don’t’ replicated the essence of Hammer Film Productions perfectly with a quintessential amount of British campiness to illustrate the ghoulish plot. Not to mention the laugh out loud vagueness of the title. Roth’s (yes, this is surprising…) was another hilarious trailer with ‘Thanksgiving’, a holiday-themed slasher. Imitating existing features, such as ‘Halloween’, to deliver a barrage of nudity and decapitations. Absurd, yet sadistically amusing. These two especially suited the overall aesthetic of Grindhouse, particularly with ‘Planet Terror’. Rodriguez’ ‘Machete’, which later became a feature film’, summoned the desolate heat of the Mexploitation sub-genre. It’s fine. Occasionally becomes lost in itself when Trejo is randomly throwing machetes everywhere. Zombie’s efforts in ‘Werewolf Women of the SS’ (I know…) didn’t work for me. The concept felt like he was trying way too hard in being over-the-top and radical by merging a bunch of sets together. Intentional or not, it juxtaposed the other trailers. Cage as Fu Manchu though, I want more! Although varying in quality, these trailers do provide impressive contributions to the overall presentation and are embedded intricately before each feature film.

Speaking of features, do both ‘Planet Terror’ and ‘Death Proof’ work as a project of duality? No. The former is an absurdist’s perspective of the zombie genre, whereas the latter just resembled an ordinary Tarantino flick without the excessive exploitation. The two, together, have different paces, styles and tones which exhume varying levels of contrast, diminishing the whole feature’s flow.

There’s plenty of passion and heart being injected into this project, ultimately resulting in an enjoyable cinematic experience. Yet a prevention exists that disallows me from fully connecting to the concept. A myriad of pastiches, with varying levels of quality, as opposed to an actual presentation. I’d watch it again just for ‘Death Proof’…

***Zombies, dancing skanks, rednecks and killer stunt cars***

“Grindhouse” (2007) features two separate movies: “Planet Terror” by Robert Rodriguez and “Death Proof” by Quentin Tarantino. Together, they’re called “Grindhouse” because they’re a deliberate attempt to recreate the experience of a double feature at a B movie house in the mid/late 60s-70s with the prints intentionally marred by scratches and blemishes or, in one case, a whole reel supposedly missing. Trailers for fake movies, like “Machete,” are also part of the package.

“Planet Terror” involves a biochemical outbreak in central Texas that (big surprise) turns people into zombies and the ragtag group that teams-up to fight ’em, led by Freddy Rodríguez and Michael Biehn, the latter a sheriff. Hotties Rose McGowan and Marley Shelton are on hand, the former acquiring a machine gun implant in replace of her amputated leg. (How exactly she pulls the trigger to massacre zombies is anyone’s guess).

The movie comes across as a melding of “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” (1965), “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) and “Dawn of the Dead” (1978), but with the modern tone of “Slither” (2006) with its gross, deliberately offensive black humor. McGowan is a highlight throughout, especially her opening go-go sequence whereas Freddy Rodriguez is surprisingly formidable. Their romantic arc is kind of touching. Another point of interest is the quality cast, rounded out by the likes of Bruce Willis, Josh Brolin, Naveen Andrews and Fergie.

At the end of the day, though, “Planet Terror” fails to rise above the low-budget sorta-genius of Syfy schlock like “Flu Bird Horror” (2008), “Wyvern” (2009) and “Sasquatch Mountain” (2006) even though it cost literally twelve times as much. GRADE: C

“Death Proof” involves an embittered stuntman (Kurt Russell) and his psycho obsession with murdering young women of dubious character with his death proof stunt car (but only the driver’s side). The first half is very good, hindered only by the inane chatter of the girls. This kind of dull drivel goes into overdrive in the second half, particularly involving Zoe Bell, Tracie Thoms and Rosario Dawson, but is rewarded by a thrilling car chase in the country that’s supposedly Tennessee, but obviously Southern Cal.

Russell’s character is perversely charismatic and the movie perks up whenever he’s on screen. There are no less than eight female co-stars playing mostly classless types (but not all of them) and, depending on your tastes, four of them are quite alluring,: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rose McGowan, Vanessa Ferlito and Sydney Tamiia Poitier (yes, Sidney’s daughter). GRADE: C+/B-

The two movies and additional trailers run 3 hours, 11 minutes. Unless you have that kind of time to blow, I suggest watching the movies singularly.

OVERALL GRADE: C+

Death Proof brings the whole thing down
Okay, let me cut to the chase: Planet Terror was really entertaining, and the trailers were great. But Death Proof might just be the worst film I’ve EVER seen. Wow. I just cannot believe it.

Basically, Death Proof brings down what could have been a solid rating of 6 or 7 to a 1. It’s THAT bad. Words don’t do it justice. Here’s a film where NOTHING happens, offering a startling opposite to Rodriguez’s entertaining first half. I mean, it’s ALL talking and shots of cars hitting each other. There is no suspense, there is no humor (well, there is no humor that is actually funny), there is no entertainment value whatsoever. Anyone who is a fan of Tarantino’s dialog will even be disappointed: it’s mainly just annoying chicks yapping about weed and men in this film.

One has to wonder what Tarantino was going for in this film. Was he just trying to alienate his fanbase? Was he trying to offer a too-true version of what a grind house film is (because, despite all the classic titles, many grind house films were boring crap)? Was he hanging around Eli Roth too much? Or did he actually think people would find this entertaining? It’s hard to say.

I respect Rodrigeuz’s and Tarantino’s film vision, and I can tell their intentions were true. But nothing can hide the fact that Tarantino’s film is easily the worst thing I’ve ever seen. I’m a huge exploitation/horror fan, I’m a big Tarantino fan, but this was just TERRIBLE. No matter how I look at it, it’s just really bad — and not in a good way. My advice? Stay until the entertaining trailer for Thanksgiving and then leave.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 3 hr 11 min (191 min), 3 hr 9 min (189 min) (Ontario) (Canada)
Budget 67000000
Revenue 25422088
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
Director Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino
Writer Robert Rodriguez, Rob Zombie, Edgar Wright
Actors Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan, Danny Trejo
Country United States, Canada
Awards 10 wins & 22 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix SDDS, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Arricam LT, Cooke S4 and Angenieux Lenses (segments ”Werewolf Women of the SS”, ”Thanksgiving”, ”Don’t”), Panavision Cameras and Lenses (segment “Death Proof”), Panavision Genesis HD Camera
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna 500T 8573) (segment “Death Proof”), Video (HDTV) (segment “Planet Terror”)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), HDCAM SR (source format) (segment “Planet Terror”), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format) (segment “Death Proof”)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)