Many of the usual Tarantino elements are there, but they don’t rise to the levels seen in his better works this is “B”-grade Quentin for the most part. In general the film offers a fair amount of excitement and inventiveness, and it does so with flair, but somehow the entire product left me slightly flat. Nonetheless, I don’t see FDTD ever becoming one of my favorites. I hadn’t been aware that it’d take so long to get to the horror side of the film, so I may like the movie more during a second viewing since I’ll better understand what to expect. Actually, one of my issues with it may relate to my expectations since I knew we’d get vampires eventually, I was impatient to crank through all of the preceding elements and move on with the meat of the story. That’s why the twist is so cool it comes out of nowhere and creates a totally different flick for the remainder of the film.Įven with the foreknowledge of the vampires, the movie remains fairly entertaining. Up until the initial appearance of the vampires, the movie appeared to be a fairly-straightforward crime flick that seemed to fit within the natural oeuvre of Tarantino. That change of pace doesn’t occur until roughly half-way through FDTD, and it’s why I wish I’d been totally ignorant of any part of the story. It’s only open from dusk until dawn, and we soon find out why: vampires there be! The remainder of the movie becomes a balls-to-the-wall fight to stay alive and battle these blood-sucking freaks. The rendezvous is a bar called the Titty Twister, which is a wild strip joint for bikers and truckers exclusively. The Geckos plan to use the Fullers as a cover to cross the Texas border into Mexico, and they hold onto them until they meet their contact Carlos (Cheech Marin, in one of three roles he plays here). Along the way, they kidnap the Fuller family: father Jacob (Keitel), daughter Kate (Lewis), and son Scott (Ernest Liu). Due to some murders of the wrong folks - it’s not smart to kill Texas Rangers - they’re on the lam and headed for Mexico. It’s also one of those movies I wish I’d known nothing about prior to viewing, so if you have literally no concept of the plot to FDTD - and I do mean absolutely zero - but you want to see it, stop now I don’t plan to reveal anything that would really be considered a “spoiler”, but in the interest of caution, I thought I’d provide this warning.Īnyway, the story concerns two bad-ass criminals, Seth (Clooney) and Richie (Tarantino) Gecko. As it stands, FDTD is a decent and generally well-executed piece that never truly flies. To be certain, FDTD is a fairly interesting and enjoyable movie, but I couldn’t help but feel that all that talent should have produced something more compelling. All of them would create an exciting and memorable action/horror hybrid, right?Įhh - maybe not. It teamed director Robert Rodriguez ( El Mariachi, Desperado) with writer Quentin Tarantino - still fresh off the enormous success of Pulp Fiction - and tossed in then-hot actor George Clooney plus other talents like Harvey Keitel and Juliette Lewis. On the surface, 1996’s From Dusk Til Dawn sounded like a “can’t-miss” proposition. $32.99 street date 10/3/00.įeature Commentary with Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino Outtakes Hollywood Goes To Hell Featurette Theatrical Trailer TV Spots Music Videos Still Gallery "The Art Of Making The Movie" With Commentary By Robert Rodriguez and Greg Nicotero Deleted Scenes and Alternate Takes On The Set Cast & Crew Bios Full-Tilt Boogie - Full-Length Feature Film.ĭVD | From Dusk Till Dawn Collection | Music soundtrack - Various Artists George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis, Ernest Lieu, Salma Hayek, Fred Williamson, Cheech MarinĢ-Disc set widescreen 1.85:1 audio English DD 5.1, French Dolby Surround subtitles Spanish closed-captioned single sided - dual layered 26 chapters rated R 108 min. But when they face the bar's truly notorious clientele, they're forced to team up with their hostages in order to make it out alive! It's nonstop thrills when George Clooney ( The Perfect Storm, Three Kings) and Quentin Tarantino ( Pulp Fiction) star as the Gecko brothers - two dangerous outlaws on a wild crime spree! After kidnapping a father (Harvey Keitel, U-571) and his two kids (including Juliette Lewis, Natural Born Killers), the Geckos head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety. From Dusk Till Dawn: Collector's Series (1996)
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