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| Review by Xibo | Date seen: January 21, 1996 |
| Viewing Location: Secaucus | Grade: A |
| Summary: Robert Rodriguez is an amazing director. | |
| This is an action-packed movie from Roberto Rodriguez (Desperado). The first half runs like a chase/fugitive movie, and the second half runs like a horror film. While it is disturbing that the movie's genre changes midway through, the direction is really quite shocking. Very tense and action-packed, to the point of overdoing it, it takes violence and mayhem to new levels. | |
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| Review by smeehrrr | Date seen: May 21, 2003 |
| Viewing Location: WA somewhere | Grade: A |
| Summary: It's like two, Two, TWO movies in one | |
| This starts out as an escape convict road picture and turns into a vampire gorefest. Mindless cheesy gory action.
Salma Hayek's snake dance is forever burned into my libido. | |
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| Review by Jigen | Date seen: April 3, 2004 |
| Viewing Location: WA | Grade: A |
| Summary: The Stars Align | |
| I think for Xibo, Smeehrr, and I to agree on a movie, the stars must be in alignment. I don't recall >when< I first saw this, but I LOVED it. There's a point in this movie when you say "what the hell?" and you can't help but love it. Oh, and I agree on the Selma Hayak thing. | |
| B+ B+ B+ | |
| Review by Dream | Date seen: June 10, 2004 |
| Viewing Location: Atlanta area and then on movie channels | Grade: B+ |
| Summary: Cheesy but worth watching | |
| I'm not a big Clooney fan, but I liked him in this. The movie changes its primary thrust halfway through the movie, but since it is just changing from a gory fugitive movie to a gory vampire massacre, it is forgivable. Lots of blood and gore. Decent music. And hey, a scene featuring a sexy woman undulating to music with snake wrapped around her. How can you go wrong? This movie holds up well under repeated viewings, which is a step up from many horror/camp movies produced these days. | |
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| Review by MWG | Date seen: August 11, 2004 |
| Viewing Location: Atlanta | Grade: A- |
| Summary: We're not in Kansas anymore | |
| It's great if you can deal with the sudden shift in genre halfway thru the film. I think it's important to note that the director Rodriguez had never done a horro film before, and in act spent most of his career doing family films (which explains Spy Kids). | |
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