Cotrona) and Richie (Zane Holtz), are on the run after a bloody Texas bank robbery. It has more of a moral center.īriefly: The well-dressed criminal Gecko brothers, Seth (D.J. I don’t want to oversell this point - the show is still very much invested in cheap thrills - but the characters, the sympathetic ones, are rounded enough so that you feel for them a little when things threaten to go or go bad. Whatever else you want to say about the movie - it had energy and color and Danny Trejo to its credit - it was not exactly a feast of character development, small moments or enlivening detail. Indeed, the particulars of the content aside, it’s a profitable approach. This is how it's done.That isn’t a problem. This is horror with a wink and a nod to drive-in theatres and sweaty back seats. Fans of Merchant-Ivory will do well to steer clear of Rodriguez's newest opus, but both action and horror film fans have cause for celebration after what seems like a particularly long splatter-drought. Even Tarantino the Actor acquits himself admirably: Younger Gekko Richard is a perverse sex killer whose resultant carnage is glimpsed almost subliminally in a genuinely creepy motel room scene. Keitel is terrific as the preacher with the slipshod faith, Clooney is nicely menacing, and Marin turns in some of his most raunchy, hilarious work to date. Rodriguez has come a long way since his short film Austin Stories first took the Chronicle offices by storm in 1989 his trademark rapid-fire editing and dark, almost lunatic wit are in top form here, and his set direction is exhilarating in the purest sense. ![]() From here on out it's 110% Rodriguez Action, with some of the most blood-spattered offerings since Dawn of the Dead (speaking of which, longtime George Romero-effects master Tom Savini has a sizable role as a crazed biker named, uh, Sex Machine) and a veritable army of Nosferatus clamoring for gore. Everything seems more or less well and good, with Seth and Richard prepared to wait out the night for the arrival of Carlos (Marin), until all hell erupts (literally) when the bar's staff and patrons turn out to be Mexican vampires intent on a full-tilt exsanguination binge. Once across, their appointed destination turns out to be the Titty Twister, a riotously cheesy, neon-covered topless bar catering to bikers and truckers who've wandered off the beaten path. On their way to Mexico to meet with the mysterious “Carlos,” the pair hijack the mobile home of Minister Jacob Fuller (Keitel) and his family in order to insure the criminals' safe passage across the border. From Dusk Till Dawn opens with the notorious Gekko Brothers, Seth and Richard (Clooney and Tarantino), on the run from just about every law enforcement agent in Texas after a heist ends with multiple Texas Rangers and peace officers dead or dying. Written by and co-starring Hollywood's other young, stylistically hip auteur, Quentin Tarantino, From Dusk Till Dawn harkens back to the wonderful, awful horror movies of days gone by, throws in a criminals-on-the-lam first half, and then not only turns the whole beautiful mess up to 11, but also breaks off the knob and eats it. “Whew!” That about sums it up for Rodriguez's new film, but what the hell, I'll expound.
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