Nishi Reviews: Grindhouse: Planet Terror

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Reading out my written review for Grindhouse: Planet Terror

Written Review:

This is an over the top thrill ride, that doesn’t pull punches. This was one of the two movies featured in the Grindhouse feature that played in theaters. This IMO is the better movie of the two, and it doesn’t have huge gaps of slowness as Death Proof did. In the theaters Grindhouse played this and Death Proof one after another, but has enough special features to make it a separate movie.

The story is pretty decent, but basic. This is a movie about over the top action and kills, and the story takes a second place. That doesn’t mean it isn’t entertaining, just shorter. It fits well into the movie itself, and is pretty cool. Even with all this action going on, it actually allows the characters to develop, which is kind of rare in this type of movie.

The action is where the movie really shines, the explosions and kills are really nice and fluid, and very few movies have made me cringe like this one did. It has some big actors in this movie, which just add to the greatness of it.

The way they filmed was to make it low budget. They altered the film to make it seem like it is scratched up and degrading, but it adds to this movie, not becoming an annoyance. You can also see some stuff they left in (Like a crane in the background), which adds to the low budget feel of the movie, without taking you out the experience.

The music and sound effects in this movie are well done. The music just adds to the movie and feels like it’s meant to be there. The gun sound effects, impacts, and the gore noises are believable. The sound just adds to great experience this movie brings.

The special features are really nice, including a second disk for most of them. The commentary is entertaining, and its cool to hear the director talk about how he made it seem more degraded and what not. They also included an audience track, which includes the recording of the audience reactions in a full theater. This may sound like it would take away from the movie, but it really makes you feel like you’re in a theater, and I wish more movies added something like this. The rest of the features are just your typical behind the scenes, and run about 20-40 minutes total.

Overall this is one of my favorite gore movies. It has a good story, humor, and a ton of gore in it. I recommend buying it.

~ Written: July, 2010


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