The kidnappers and their victims go inside to await a rendezvous for a money drop, and that's when the vampire plot begins. The doorman is played by Cheech Marin, who also plays two other roles, popping up to often he doesn't need the vampire plot to qualify as undead. In Mexico, the mobile home wheels up to the Titty Twister, a scroungy strip joint with a bizarre decor (this goes next door to Jack Rabbit Slim's in the Tarantino Mall). Rodriguez doesn't make it very real, though, wisely handling the death of a harmless bank teller in flashes too quick to be seen, since more detail would sink the macabre mix of violence and humor. His son thinks he knows better: "Dad - I watch the reality shows!" The charm of the dialog in these scenes has a lot of competition from the state-of-the-art mayhem, which leaves blood and brains spattered everywhere. From Dusk Till Dawn's twist made it stand out. Those types of gritty crime movies were quite popular in the 90s. The minister is inclined to cooperate with the desperadoes. Without this twist, From Dusk Till Dawn would certainly have been just like a Reservoir Dogs, a Natural Born Killers, or a Lon the Professional. Tarantino is pretty bad at acting but his best performance by far is in this movie, where hes playing a creepy serial killer with foot fetish. Clooney does all the heavy lifting in this movie and gives a hell of a movie star performance. Now the minister and his kids are heading south in a mobile home the Gekkos hope to hide in while crossing the border. From Dusk Till Dawn is a fun grindhouse double-feature crammed into one movie, tho i prefer the first half. The minister has left the church after the death of his wife, leaving an opening for another of Tarantino's passages of theological dialog. 1h 48m IMDb RATING 7.2 /10 328K YOUR RATING Rate POPULARITY 234 365 Play trailer 0:32 8 Videos 99+ Photos Action Crime Horror Two criminals and their hostages unknowingly seek temporary refuge in a truck stop populated by vampires, with chaotic results. Holed up in a sleazebag motel, they take hostages: a former Baptist minister ( Harvey Keitel) and his children ( Juliette Lewis and Ernest Liu). Richard has helped Seth break out of prison, and now they're heading for the Mexican border with the bank loot, and Richard, who is a rabid loony, is blasting everyone in sight, including innocent bystanders. They've robbed a bank and left a trail of dead and wounded (all toted up by a TV news reporter's digital carnage readout). After the title sequence, we get to know the central characters, Seth and Richard Gekko ( George Clooney and Tarantino). Those who liked the shoot-outs in Rodriguez's " El Mariachi" and " Desperado" will like the second half, which is non-stop mayhem in a scuzzy bikers' and truckers' strip joint, with lots of vampires, exploding eyeballs, cascading guts, and a weapon made out of a powered wooden stake (I guess you could call it a Pneumatic Vampire Drill). Those who loved the invention of Tarantino's dialog in " Pulp Fiction" will like the first half, especially a brilliant pre-title sequence featuring Michael Parks as a Texas Ranger who creates a whole world out of a little dialogue. Actually, a lot of people will hate half of the movie and like the other half.
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